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Field photograph·C08202

Alfred Westholm outside the fortress wall at Kyrenia

Alfred Westholm in a white suit and pith helmet beside the fortress wall at Kyrenia
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08202. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a light suit, pith helmet and dark bow tie stands on a dirt track with one hand in his jacket pocket and a short dark object in the other. Behind him rises a long stone fortification wall with a square tower, and a grassy slope with bushes lies beneath it. A path runs away to the right.

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  • Alfred Westholm in a white suit and pith helmet standing beside the fortress wall at Kyrenia.
Description, scan 2
A man in a white jacket, white trousers, dark bow tie and pith helmet stands on a dirt track with one hand in his jacket pocket and a small dark object in the other. Behind him a high stone wall runs along a grassy slope, with a square tower at the right end. Bushes grow on the slope below the wall and the sky is pale.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Alfred Westholm outside the fortress wall. Kyrenia.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").

Swedish, as on the record

Alfred Westholm utanför fästningsmuren. Kerynia. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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