Field photograph·C05968·1928

People in front of a tent at Oura

People standing in front of a reed-walled tent at Oura, with a wooden counter beside it.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05968. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Five people stand outdoors before a tent with reed-matting walls and a canvas roof on bare sand. A man in shorts, a woman in a light dress and a man in a light shirt stand in the centre, a small child in a sun hat is at the far left, and another man stands at the right edge. Beside the tent are a wooden counter with jars and tins, a woven basket and a large pottery jar.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • People standing in front of a reed-mat camp shelter at Oura, with a child in a sun hat in the foregroundFull resolution
Description, scan 2
A woman and three men stand in front of a shelter with walls of woven reed matting, a tarpaulin roof and an open doorway. A small child in a sun hat and white outfit walks in the foreground at left. On the right, a wooden counter holds jars, tins and pots, with a large jar on the ground beside it, and bushes grow behind on bare, dry ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Picture showing people in front of a tent at Oura. The man in the middle is probably Erik Sjöqvist and on the left it looks like Einar and Vivi Gjerstad. The kid in the picture is probably their son Stefan. Camp picture. Oura.

Swedish, as on the record

Bild som visar människor framför ett tält på Oura. Mannen i mitten är troligen Erik Sjöqvist och till vänster ser det ut som Einar och Vivi Gjerstad. Ungen på bilden är förmodligen deras son Stefan.

Swedish, as on the record

Lägerbild. Oura Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").