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Field photograph·C06773

Martin and Stefan Gjerstad in Nicosia

Martin and Stefan Gjerstad standing in a yard in Nicosia beside a metal pipe with a tap, in front of a white wall.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06773. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two children stand side by side in a dirt yard, facing the camera. The taller boy wears a light cap, a buttoned shirt and shorts, and the younger child wears a patterned headband and a belted jacket. A vertical metal pipe with a tap rises between them, with a whitewashed wall and a building with shuttered windows behind.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Martin and Stefan Gjerstad standing beside a metal standpipe in a yard in Nicosia
Description, scan 2
Two boys stand side by side in a dusty yard, facing the camera. The taller boy wears a light cap, a long-sleeved jacket and short trousers, and the smaller one wears a patterned cap and a belted light jacket. A tall metal pipe with a tap rises between them, with a whitewashed wall and a two-storey building with a balcony behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Martin and Stefan Gjerstad in Nicosia.

Swedish, as on the record

Martin och Stefan Gjerstad i Nicosia. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").