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Field photograph·C02599

Einar Gjerstad gets a haircut in Nicosia

Man in a white cape having his hair cut indoors, in front of stacked wooden boxes.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02599. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man sits on a wooden chair wearing a white cape, light shoes and long socks, while a standing man in a light shirt and dark trousers cuts or combs his hair. Behind them, stacks of wooden boxes fill shelves against the wall, and a doorway with a window is at the left. A metal tub and a cardboard box with cloth lie in the foreground.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • A seated man has his hair cut by a standing man, with stacked wooden boxes behind them, in Nicosia.Full resolution
Description, scan 2
A man sits in a wooden chair draped with a white cape and looks towards the camera, while a second man in a light shirt and trousers stands behind him cutting his hair. Stacks of wooden boxes fill the wall behind them, and a doorway with a window is at the left. A metal tub and a cardboard box with cloth lie on the tiled floor in the foreground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Einar Gjerstad gets a haircut. Nicosia.

Swedish, as on the record

Einar Gjerstad blir klippt. Nicosia. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

Swedish, as on the record

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