Field photograph·C05997

Einar Gjerstad reading newspapers outside the expedition house at Machairas

Einar Gjerstad reading newspapers in a deck chair on a terrace at Machairas.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05997. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man sits in a folding deck chair on a dry dirt terrace, his face hidden behind a newspaper held up in front of him. Several newspapers lie scattered on the ground around the chair, and a small wooden table stands at the left edge with items on its top. Pine trees frame the scene, with scrubby hills rising behind the terrace.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Einar Gjerstad reading newspapers outside the expedition house at Machairas
Description, scan 2
A man sits in a folding wooden chair on bare, stony ground, a newspaper held up in front of his face and upper body. Several newspapers lie scattered on the ground around his feet, with a glass and a plate nearby. Behind him, pine trees and scrubby hills rise under a pale sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Life on the terrace. Einar Gjerstad rests on a sun lounger and reads newspapers outside the expedition's house in Machairas, Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

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Swedish, as on the record

Livet på terrassen. Einar Gjerstad vilar på en solstol och läser tidningar utanför expeditionens hus i Macheras på Cypern.