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Field photograph·C08289

Vivi Gjerstad, Martin Gjerstad, Gudrun Atterman and Stefan Gjerstad at Machairas

Four people seated at a table with cups, plates and a teapot on a shaded veranda beside a white wall
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08289. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Four people sit around a table covered with a white lace cloth on a shaded veranda. Cups and saucers, plates, a jug and a teapot stand on the table, with dark cake or food on a plate. A white-walled building with a shuttered window is behind them, and pine trees grow outside.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Four people seated at a table with cups, plates and food on a lace-edged cloth, on a veranda with trees beyond.
Description, scan 2
A woman in a light sleeveless top, partly cut off at the left edge, sits at the front of a table covered with a lace-edged cloth. A boy in a short-sleeved shirt and a small fair-haired child on wooden chairs sit at the sides, and an adult woman in a sleeveless top sits at the back. The table holds cups and saucers, plates, a teapot and food, with a doorway and pine trees behind.

English

Vivi Gjerstad, Martin Gjerstad, Gudrun Atterman and Stefan Gjerstad at Machairas.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").