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Crown Prince's landing at Limassol

Group of men and a woman in hats on a motor launch alongside a wooden jetty at Limassol
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0321. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dark motor launch with a low cabin is tied up beside a wooden jetty, and about a dozen people in light suits, white dresses and hats stand and sit on the boat and the quay. A flag on a pole flies at the end of the jetty. Behind them stand a long whitewashed building with arched doors and stacked barrels along the quayside, with more buildings and trees on the right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Crown Prince's landing at Limassol: a launch with people aboard approaching a wooden jetty, with flags and a long building on the quay
Description, scan 2
A dark-hulled launch with a low cabin at left carries about a dozen people in light clothes and hats, several standing and one seated in the cabin opening. A flag flies from a pole at the stern, and another from a pole on the wooden jetty at right, where a man in a pale suit stands. Behind them, a long low building with arched doorways, stacked barrels and small figures along the quay line the waterfront.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Crown Prince's landing at Limassol.

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 4, Kronprinsens landstigning i Limassol

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