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Field photograph·C05983

Stefan and Martin Gjerstad playing in the water on a beach at Kyrenia

Two children lie on their stomachs on a stone ledge, heads hanging over the water at a beach in Kyrenia
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05983. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two children lie along a flat stone ledge at the edge of a dark pool of water, with their legs stretched out behind them. The child nearer the camera wears a white hat and white shorts and leans over the edge toward the water, while the other wears a striped top. A hat lies on the rocks at the upper left.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Two children lie stretched along a stone edge, playing with the water of a rock pool below them.
Description, scan 2
Two children lie stretched out along a pale stone ledge, with their heads and arms hanging over the edge toward dark water below. One wears a light hat with a dark band and a light outfit, and has bare feet. A pair of shoes and a hat lie on the rough rock behind them.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Stefan and Martin Gjerstad lie upside down and play with the water on a beach in Kyrenia.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").

Swedish, as on the record

Stefan och Martin Gjerstad ligger upp och ner och leker med vattnet på en strand i Kerynia.

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