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Quarter-plate (landscape format). Close beside the Greek Church, Cyprus

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Water dam in the Troodos foothills.

Scope and Contents 231 x 172 mm. Showing the square tower of this ancient castle originally in the possession of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'Near Limassol. Dating probably back to 1210 when granted by Hugh I to the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. Later passed into the hands of the Knight Templars and later to the Hospitallers, who held three 'commanderies' in Cyprus. Hence the famous wines of Cyprus bear until now the name of...

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Scope and Contents 180 x 115 mm. Autotype. A view looking along the rooftops of the town, towards the harbour: 'The town itself is, undoubtedly, the finest in the island. Its houses, when seen from a distance, appear embowered in green, and there is a general air of prosperity about the place which is most refreshing to behold. An imposing array of buildings of honest brick and stone, and an extensive acreage of tiled roofs, suggest both comfort and competence.The view here presented was taken...

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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'No. 245' written below title.

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206 x 149 mm. A view showing the ruins of the monastery at Cape Gata, situated on the promontory south of Limassol. The peninsula gains its name from the monastery of St Nicholas of the Cats, the cloisters being a refuge for strays.

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89 x 110 mm. Woodburytype. A half-length portrait of a seated man from the village of Prodromos: 'The villagers are a robust race, as may be gathered from the two following photographs, the first of which represents one of the chief people of the place, a man who deserves to be rendered famous for the kind manner in which he welcomes the stranger that may enter within his gates' (Thomson 1879, vol.2, p.36). This man acted as Thomson's guide to the summit of Mount Troodos.

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84 x 107 mm. Woodburytype. A posed portrait of a man from Prodromos: 'Another Highlander figures in the second plate - a tall, bony man of a most obligingly good-natured disposition. He, however, looked a bold, determined character, whose massive hands and muscular frame would stand him in good stead in carrying out any resolve for good or evil' (Thomson 1879, vol.2, p.36).

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Half-plate (landscape format).

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Half-plate (landscape format). Front donkey carries wineskins, back donkey wood.

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227 x 172 mm. Showing women packing fruit into crates in a factory. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'Packing, in Limassol on the South Coast of Cyprus, citrus fruit for Export. Greeks and Turks live and work together in friendly coexistence'.

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207 x 163 mm. A view looking over a mountainous landscape with the village of Perapedi (probably Peripedhi) in the distance. In the foreground stands a house and an encampment of tents (probably military). Perapedi lies south of Mount Troödos.

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210 x 160 mm. A photographic line reproduction of a bowl decorated with scenes from the siege of Amathus, seven miles east of Limassol.

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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203 x 163 mm. A view looking across pine-covered slopes towards the summit of Mt Troödos, the ancient Mt Olympus and the summer seat of the Cyprus government.

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185 x 121 mm. Autotype. A view showing camels seated in the street, with the British Commissioner's house on the left: 'In this spacious thoroughfare we find evidence of the prosperity of the town, and at the same time discover indications of the insecurity which prevailed under Turkish rule, in the strongly-built and barred storehouses that line both sides of the street' (Thomson 1879, vol.2, p.44).

Scope and Contents 180 x 119 mm. Autotype. A view looking along the wide, almost deserted street: 'The accompanying view is taken from the front of the Franciscan monastery, looking westward along the main street which runs parallel to the coast. The courts to the rear of the houses on the left face the sea ... The street looks deserted, and is invested with a silence strangely at variance with the business-like aspect and architecture of the town. During the day-time, however, busy traders may be seen...

Scope and Contents 180 x 116 mm. Autotype. A fine landscape photograph showing pines on the slopes of Mount Troodos, with a figure standing beside a felled tree in the foreground: 'Cyprus was anciently famed for the luxuriance of its forests ... This timber has now, alas! almost wholly disappeared, at any rate from the level ground... ; but pine forests may, nevertheless, still be found in the remoter regions to the eastward, as well as on the higher elevations north and south of Mesorea. Many of the...

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Half-plate. A junction of roads to top of Troados : A.K. Boill, Principal Forest Officer, returning from Troados. Asbestos mines are a little above where this view is taken.