Cyprus in 1952
Cyprus in 1952
Cyprus National Geographic Photos 1952
Photographs taken from a National Geographic article on Cyprus, dating from 1952.
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Peristerona."Minaret and belfry link East and West, Moslem and Christian"



Farmer tossing wheat



Cypriot farmer



Paratrooper with bagpipes in Kyrenia



Baking bread in traditional oven



"Mystic blue spots 'protect' oxcarts"



Man on cart carrying Cyprus jugs



Famagustan beauty dressed in silk finery



British Governor inspecting the Cyprus Regiment



Vineleaves for dolmades.



Scene from Karpas peninsula



Empire Day in Famagusta harbor



Turkish elder man shopping in Famagusta



Girl with flatbasket



Girls in Classic Greek attire during flower fiest.



Yialousa beauty offering traditional delicacy



Helen of 1928, after 24 years



Panoramic view of Kalopanayiotis village



Kornos women making pottery



View of Kyrenia castle from the sea



Kyrenia



Panoramic aerial view of Kyrenia



Boys in the Limassol harbor



Two girls from Limassol



Where is the donkey?



Street in Nicosia



Dome paintings of Lagoughera church



Papoutsosyka- Babutsa



British paratrooper



Phiti woman weaving



Cypriot family in the fields



Shepherd with his flock



Shepherd



Yialousa women making and weaving silk



Boat race outside Kyrenia sea wall



Gothic cathedral of St Nicholas, now a mosque



Turkish Cypriot girls