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Field photograph·JL087

Nicosia: buildings, a person and a tree

Street in Nicosia with a two-storey house with shuttered upper windows, arched stone walls and a tall palm, with a man standing in the road.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL087. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dirt road runs past a two-storey building with a timber upper floor and shuttered windows. A man in light clothing stands in the road in the centre, and part of another person is visible at the far left edge. Behind a low stone wall on the right are arched openings and a house with a tiled roof, with a tall palm against a pale sky.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Street in Nicosia with a two-storey timber-fronted house, arched stone walls, a tree and a standing man in light clothing.
  • Street in Nicosia with a shuttered upper-floor building, an arched arcade and a standing person
Description, scan 2
A dusty street runs past a two-storey house with a projecting upper floor and shuttered windows, under a tall palm tree and a leafy tree. Beside a low wall with arched openings, a man in light shirt and shorts stands looking toward the right. Other single-storey buildings with tiled roofs and a small tree on the right complete the view.
Description, scan 3
A dusty street in Nicosia runs past a two-storey building whose upper floor has a wooden balcony with closed shutters. In the centre, a low stone and earth wall supports a building with round arches at street level, and a tall palm and a leafy tree rise behind. A person in light clothing stands on the road near the wall, and a partly visible figure appears at the far left edge.

English, translated from the original record

Photograph from Nicosia showing buildings, a person and a tree.