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Photographs

Over 40.000 photographs from the 1880s to 1970 touch upon many aspects of Cyprus life: its monuments, landscapes and people. A special collection of 5.000 photos belonging to the former President of Cyprus Glafcos Clerides present visually the political history of the island from 1960-2012.

Classification
- Photographs
- Postcards
Subject
- Abbeys
- Agriculture
- Aircraft Carriers
- Airlines
- Airplanes
- Airplanes, Military
- Amusement Parks
- Anglican Church Buildings
- Animals
- Archaeological Museums And Collections
- Archaeologists
- Archbishop
- Architecture
- Architecture, British Colonial
- Architecture, Byzantine
- Architecture, Colonial
- Architecture, Gothic
- Architecture, Greco-Roman
- Architecture, Medieval
- Architecture, Ottoman
- Architecture, Roman
- Architecture,Byzantine
- Architecture,Medieval
- Architecure
- Architecure, Gothic
- Armed Forces--Officers
- Art, Gothic
- Art, Medieval
- Athletics
- Automobiles
- Award Presentations
- Awards
- Barbecue
- Bazaars (Markets)
- Beaches
- Beggars
- Bicycles
- Boats
- Bridges
- Buildings, Structures, Etc
- Bullock Carts
- Camel Caravans
- Camels
- Camping
- Caravansaries
- Carriages And Carts
- Castles
- Ceremonial Entries
- Children
- Church Architecture
- Church Buildings
- Cityscapes
- Clothing And Dress
- Clubs
- Coasts
- Coffee Shops
- Colonies--Administration
- Competitions
- Cornerstone Laying
- Costumes And Dress
- Courthouses
- Cutlery
- Cyprus--Antiquities
- Cyprus--History--October Uprising, 1931
- Dealers (Retail Trade)
- Dinners
- Distaff (Spinning)
- Dwellings
- Education
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Farmers
- Fish
- Food
- Forest And Forestry--Switzerland
- Forest Fires
- Forests And Forestry--Cyprus
- Fortifications
- Fountain
- Fountains
- Funeral Rites And Ceremonies
- Games And Sports
- Gardens
- Gates--Cyprus
- Governors
- Greeting Cards
- Group Portraits
- Harbours
- Harvesting
- History And Legend
- Honors And Salutes
- Honors, And Salutes
- Horse Racing
- Horse Sports
- Horseback Riding
- Horseshoers
- Hotels
- Implements, Utensils, Etc.
- Islamic Architecture
- Lace And Lace Making
- Landscapes
- Lighthouses
- Lion
- Livestock
- Locust Trees
- Merchants
- Merry-Go-Round
- Mevleviyeh
- Military
- Military Ceremonies
- Moats
- Monasteries
- Mosaic Floors
- Mosaics
- Mosques
- Mountains
- Museums
- Musical
- Narghiles
- Object (Utilitarian)
- Officers
- Officers, Police
- Officers,Police
- Official Residences--Cyprus
- Olive Oil Presses
- Olives
- Orthodox Eastern Church Buildings
- Palaces
- Palm Trees
- Photographers
- Picnics
- Ploughing
- Police
- Ponds
- Portraits
- Portraits, Group
- Pottery, Cypriot
- Promenades (Pedestrian Areas)
- Public Figures
- Public Officers
- Relief (Sculpture)
- Religious Figures
- Religious Institutions
- Religious Institutions--Buildings
- Rivers--Cyprus
- Sarcophagi, Roman
- Savory
- Scales (Weighing Instruments)
- Scouts (Youth Organization Members)
- Sculpture
- Shepherds
- Shooting, Military
- Sieving
- Skiers
- Snakes
- Snow
- Spinning
- Spring
- Street Photography
- Street Vendors
- Street-Food Vendors
- Summer Resort
- Temples--Cyprus
- Text
- Theater Programs
- Theatres
- Theatres--Cyprus
- Threshing
- Tobacco
- Tombs
- Tombs--Cyprus
- Traditional Costume
- Traditional Costumes
- Travel
- Villagers
- Villages
- Water Mills
- Water Systems
- Waterfalls
- Weddings
- Whirling Dervishes
- Windmills
- Winter Sports
- Woodworkers
Medium
- Carbon Print
- Colour Card
- Gelatin Silver Print
Places
- Agia Napa
- Bellapais
- Bullet
- Corbeyrier
- Cyprus
- Cyprus: Kouklia
- Devon
- England
- Famagusta
- Galata
- Greece
- Jerusalem
- Kaimakli
- Kakopetria
- Kalogrea
- Kalopanagiotis
- Kolossi
- Kouklia
- Kourion (Deserted Settlement)
- Koutsoventis (Kyrenia)
- Kyrenia
- Lagoudera
- Lambousa (Ancient City)
- Lambousa (ancient city)
- Larnaca
- Lazanias
- Lefkara
- Limassol
- Lysos
- Megisti, Nisos (Island)
- Mesaoria
- Nicosia
- Paphos
- Pedoulas
- Peristerona
- Peristerona (Nicosia)
- Platres
- Prodromos
- Salamis (Ancient Site)
- Soloi (deserted settlement)
- Stroumpi
- Switzerland
- Troodos
- Troodos Mountains
- Vouni (Ancient Site)
- [s.l.]
Object Type
- Greeting Card
- Photograph
- Photographic Postcard
- Text
Collection
- Ann Franken-Battershill Collection
- Jane D’Arcy Collection
- Sir Henry William Butler Blackall Collection
- Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton Collection
- Sir Joseph And Lady Hutchinson Collection
20th Century
- 1930-1939
- 1900-1909
- 1950-1959

People in a village in Paphos
20th Century

Troodos
1930-1940

Campsite at Mesaoria
20th Century

Troodos
1930-1940

Camping Expedition - Cyprus.Aug.1901
1901

Boats in the sea of Kyrenia
20th Century

Kyrenia harbour
1930-1940

St Hilarion Castle
1930-1940

Imam at the tomb of Hazreti Omer
1930-1940

Burnt Government House 1931
1930-1940

Celebrations at the Secretariat
1930-1940

Turks enjoying their Narghilehs. Cyprus
1930-1940

Inspecting the troops
1930-1940

Paphos Fort
20th century

Paphos harbour
20th century

Archaeological Museum of Palaepaphos at Kouklia
ca. 1950-1952

T.B. Mitford and J. H. Iliffe
ca. 1950-1952

Kouklia
ca. 1950-1952

Kouklia
ca. 1950- 1952

Coffee shop in Cyprus
ca. 1950- 1952

Street sellers at Kouklia village
ca. 1950- 1952

On the way to the archaeological site
ca. 1950- 1952

On the way to the archaeological site
ca. 1950- 1952

Cypriot man
ca. 1950- 1952

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Cyprus

- Classification
  Photographs
  Postcards
- Subject
  Abbeys
  Agriculture
  Aircraft Carriers
  Airlines
  Airplanes
  Airplanes, Military
  Amusement Parks
  Anglican Church Buildings
  Animals
  Archaeological Museums And Collections
  Archaeologists
  Archbishop
  Architecture
  Architecture, British Colonial
  Architecture, Byzantine
  Architecture, Colonial
  Architecture, Gothic
  Architecture, Greco-Roman
  Architecture, Medieval
  Architecture, Ottoman
  Architecture, Roman
  Architecture,Byzantine
  Architecture,Medieval
  Architecure
  Architecure, Gothic
  Armed Forces--Officers
  Art, Gothic
  Art, Medieval
  Athletics
  Automobiles
  Award Presentations
  Awards
  Barbecue
  Bazaars (Markets)
  Beaches
  Beggars
  Bicycles
  Boats
  Bridges
  Buildings, Structures, Etc
  Bullock Carts
  Camel Caravans
  Camels
  Camping
  Caravansaries
  Carriages And Carts
  Castles
  Ceremonial Entries
  Children
  Church Architecture
  Church Buildings
  Cityscapes
  Clothing And Dress
  Clubs
  Coasts
  Coffee Shops
  Colonies--Administration
  Competitions
  Cornerstone Laying
  Costumes And Dress
  Courthouses
  Cutlery
  Cyprus--Antiquities
  Cyprus--History--October Uprising, 1931
  Dealers (Retail Trade)
  Dinners
  Distaff (Spinning)
  Dwellings
  Education
  Excavations (Archaeology)
  Farmers
  Fish
  Food
  Forest And Forestry--Switzerland
  Forest Fires
  Forests And Forestry--Cyprus
  Fortifications
  Fountain
  Fountains
  Funeral Rites And Ceremonies
  Games And Sports
  Gardens
  Gates--Cyprus
  Governors
  Greeting Cards
  Group Portraits
  Harbours
  Harvesting
  History And Legend
  Honors And Salutes
  Honors, And Salutes
  Horse Racing
  Horse Sports
  Horseback Riding
  Horseshoers
  Hotels
  Implements, Utensils, Etc.
  Islamic Architecture
  Lace And Lace Making
  Landscapes
  Lighthouses
  Lion
  Livestock
  Locust Trees
  Merchants
  Merry-Go-Round
  Mevleviyeh
  Military
  Military Ceremonies
  Moats
  Monasteries
  Mosaic Floors
  Mosaics
  Mosques
  Mountains
  Museums
  Musical
  Narghiles
  Object (Utilitarian)
  Officers
  Officers, Police
  Officers,Police
  Official Residences--Cyprus
  Olive Oil Presses
  Olives
  Orthodox Eastern Church Buildings
  Palaces
  Palm Trees
  Photographers
  Picnics
  Ploughing
  Police
  Ponds
  Portraits
  Portraits, Group
  Pottery, Cypriot
  Promenades (Pedestrian Areas)
  Public Figures
  Public Officers
  Relief (Sculpture)
  Religious Figures
  Religious Institutions
  Religious Institutions--Buildings
  Rivers--Cyprus
  Sarcophagi, Roman
  Savory
  Scales (Weighing Instruments)
  Scouts (Youth Organization Members)
  Sculpture
  Shepherds
  Shooting, Military
  Sieving
  Skiers
  Snakes
  Snow
  Spinning
  Spring
  Street Photography
  Street Vendors
  Street-Food Vendors
  Summer Resort
  Temples--Cyprus
  Text
  Theater Programs
  Theatres
  Theatres--Cyprus
  Threshing
  Tobacco
  Tombs
  Tombs--Cyprus
  Traditional Costume
  Traditional Costumes
  Travel
  Villagers
  Villages
  Water Mills
  Water Systems
  Waterfalls
  Weddings
  Whirling Dervishes
  Windmills
  Winter Sports
  Woodworkers
- Medium
  Carbon Print
  Colour Card
  Gelatin Silver Print
- Places
  Agia Napa
  Bellapais
  Bullet
  Corbeyrier
  Cyprus
  Cyprus: Kouklia
  Devon
  England
  Famagusta
  Galata
  Greece
  Jerusalem
  Kaimakli
  Kakopetria
  Kalogrea
  Kalopanagiotis
  Kolossi
  Kouklia
  Kourion (Deserted Settlement)
  Koutsoventis (Kyrenia)
  Kyrenia
  Lagoudera
  Lambousa (Ancient City)
  Lambousa (ancient city)
  Larnaca
  Lazanias
  Lefkara
  Limassol
  Lysos
  Megisti, Nisos (Island)
  Mesaoria
  Nicosia
  Paphos
  Pedoulas
  Peristerona
  Peristerona (Nicosia)
  Platres
  Prodromos
  Salamis (Ancient Site)
  Soloi (deserted settlement)
  Stroumpi
  Switzerland
  Troodos
  Troodos Mountains
  Vouni (Ancient Site)
  [s.l.]
- Object Type
  Greeting Card
  Photograph
  Photographic Postcard
  Text
- Collection
  Ann Franken-Battershill Collection
  Jane D’Arcy Collection
  Sir Henry William Butler Blackall Collection
  Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton Collection
  Sir Joseph And Lady Hutchinson Collection
- 20th Century
  1930-1939
  1900-1909
  1950-1959

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