The Béraud family were a wealthy and influential family of merchants that first arrived in Cyprus, from France, in the 17th century. The Sylvain Béraud Collection consists of 150 personal photographs from Prof. Sylvain Béraud, who moved to Cyprus from Egypt in 1934 at the age of one. Sylvain Béraud would go on to teach at Ecole Saint Joseph in Nicosia for 20 years, author many books, and act as a prominent promoter and supporter of the Latin community in Cyprus, earning him the titles of Chevalier and Officier de l’ Ordre National du Mérite.
This particular selection entitled, Sylvain Béraud Collection – Wedding and Career, includes 52 black and white and 9 colour photographs from Sylvain’s adult life starting with pictures from his wedding to his wife Mary, to their home in Nicosia, and continuing through his career as a teacher at Ecole Saint Joseph.
The images that comprise the online collection were reproduced from the original roll films. The titles were taken from inscriptions when available. Where no inscriptions were available the titles were generated by the cataloguer describing the depicted subject.
CVAR holds digital reproduction of the originals and shares copyrights with the owner
Sylvain and Mary Béraud on their wedding day
1962
Mary Béraud in her wedding gown
1962
Mary Béraud in her wedding gown
1962
Sylvain and Mary Béraud on their wedding day
1962
Sylvain and Mary Béraud on their wedding day
1962
Mary being escorted by the French Embassador
1962
Mary Béraud in her wedding gown
1962
Sylvain and Mary Béraud during the marriage ceremony
1962
Sylvain and Mary Béraud during the marriage ceremony
1962
Sylvain and Mary Béraud during the marriage ceremony
1962
Sylvain and Mary Béraud during the marriage ceremony
1962
Mary Béraud signing the register
1962
The married couple with their wittnesses
1962
House in Dasoupoli
1962-1963
Sylvain and Mary in Nicosia
1963
Sylvain and Mary, Gilda, and Mr. and Mrs. Radale
1963
Mrs. Radale, Gilda, Rene, Sylvain and Mary
1963
Sylvain, Rene, Gilda, Mary and friend
1963
Graduates dinner at Pallouriotissa night school
1963-1964
Graduates dinner at Pallouriotissa night school
1963-1964
Guests at dinner party
1965-1966
Guests at dinner party
1965-1966
Outdoor dinner
1960-1970
Outdoor dinner
1960-1970