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Field photograph·JL551·1927–28

School, a classroom at Lapithos

Classroom at Lapithos with a teacher standing by a small table and many children seated in rows on wooden benches.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL551. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A whitewashed classroom with a timber ceiling and tall windows. A woman in a dark dress stands at the left beside a small table and chair, while a large number of children sit in rows on long wooden benches facing her. Several children wear light smocks and scarves, and some look towards the camera.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Classroom at Lapithos with a teacher standing by a table and rows of children seated on wooden benches.
Description, scan 2
A teacher stands at the left beside a small table and chair in a whitewashed classroom with a tiled floor. Rows of children sit on long wooden benches facing her, with two adult women among them near the back. Tall windows light the room, and a thin diagonal line runs across the left side of the picture.

English, translated from the Swedish record

School, a classroom.

Swedish, as on the record

Skola, ett klassrum.

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