Field photograph·C01490·1928

The camp at the beach at Oura

Camp on a stony beach at Oura with people, a child, canvas-screened shelters and an open car.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01490. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A camp on a stony, sandy shore at Oura, with the sea visible at the left edge. Several people stand and move about between white cloths hung on poles and a reed-screened shelter, with a child near the centre. An open car with a canvas roof is parked at the right, and a small tree grows beside a dark object on legs at the left.

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Description, scan 2
A camp on sandy, stony ground with the sea at the far left. Canvas sheets hang from lines and a matting-walled shelter with a roof stands beside an open car on the right. Several people stand or move about, some blurred by motion, including a child in a light hat, while buckets and a small wooden stand lie on the ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The camp at the water's edge at Oura. People, children. Tents. Car.

Swedish, as on the record

Lägret vid strandkanten i Oura. Människor, barn. Tält. Bil. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen