Field photograph·C02763·1930

The Expedition 1930: Lindros, Westholm, Sjöqvist and Gjerstad

Four men in shorts and light shirts stand before a reed-mat hut on a pebble beach by the sea.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02763. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Four men stand in a row in front of a woven reed-mat shelter on a pebble beach, with low bushes and the sea behind them. They wear light open-necked shirts, short shorts with dark belts, knee-high socks and shoes, and three of them wear hats. One man holds a pipe, and a light towel hangs over the left side of the shelter.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Four men in light shirts and shorts stand on a pebble beach in front of a reed-matting hut, with the sea to the right.Full resolution
Description, scan 2
Four men in light shirts, shorts, knee socks and shoes stand in a row on a pebble beach in front of a reed-matting hut. Three wear hats, and the second from left holds a hat and has a pipe in his mouth. A striped towel hangs at the side of the hut, and the sea, waves and bushes lie behind to the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The Expedition 1930. From the left, John Lindros, Alfred Westholm, Erik Sjöqvist and Einar Gjerstad. Their clothing is very similar. Hats, (except Westholm with a pipe in his mouth) light shirts, and short shorts with a dark belt, high socks and shoes. Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

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Swedish, as on the record

Expeditionen 1930. Fr.v. John Lindros, Alfred Westholm, Erik Sjöqvist och Einar Gjerstad. Deras klädsel är väldigt lik. Hattar, (förutom Westholm med pipa i munnen) ljusa skjortor, samt korta shorts med mörkt skärp, höga strumpor och skor. Mersinaki. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)