Phivos Stavrides Foundation - Larnaka Archives

The photograph was taken outdoors, in front of a wall, with an open folding screen in the background. The two women stand on a woven striped rug. The older woman is seated, while the younger one stands beside her. They are similarly dressed in clothing of the Amalia type. The attire includes an off-white shirt of taiston silk fsbric made on the loom (with puckered bands created lengthwise by warp threads of two different tensions), a skirt made of European fabric, and a dark-coloured sarka (short jacket/waistcoat) made of velvet or felt. In both attires, the sarka features applied decoration of gold thread, at the deep opening of the chest, the edges at the bottom, and at the wide, slit sleeves, which reveal the wide sleeves of the shirt. The decoration of the sarka worn by the standing figure consists of consecutive floral motifs, while the sarka of the seated figure is decorated with cypresses alternating with other trees, a design particularly favoured in "tsevres" embroidery. The skirts of both figures are very wide, with rich fabric that forms folds and ruffles, following the European trend. The seated figure wears a fez decorated with a garland of flowers and a pin in the shape of a pigeon (dove), while the standing figure appears to be wearing a headscarf with pipilla (needle lace) all around. One edge of the headscarf falls on the shoulder. Around the face, the headscarf leaves the front part of the hair uncovered; the long hair is gathered and falls to the back, most likely in braids. The seated woman wears a necklace consisting of strings with pearls, while her shirt is decorated with a "splinga" (pin) with chains and a watch. The standing figure wears earrings and a necklace ("kertanes") with "paraoudkia" (ottoman coin imitations), as well as a chain with a cross.

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Carter with a camel in Larnaca (20th century). The man is wearing traditional attire comprising a shirt, a black pleated vraka (breeches), and "tsangaropodines" (hob-nailed peasants’ leather boots without distinction of left and right foot), and a white headscarf.

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Judicial and legal body of Larnaca, 1911. Seated, from left to right: Hilmi Effendi (wearing a fez), Hagcrat, and Christopoulos. Standing in the front row are D. Dimitriou (fourth from the left), N. Georgiadis (behind Christopoulos) and Diof. Dimitriou (on the far right, wearing glasses). In the top row, from left to right, second is Carletti, fourth is G. Nicolaides, and fifth is Evangelos Hatziiōannou.

Of interest is the Turkish Cypriot attire: It consists of a fez, a patterned shirt under a double-breasted vest, breeches and a wide waist sash, as well as tall "frangopodines", European style boots.

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A group of men on a hunting expedition (early 20th century). The photograph depicts, among others: Neoklis Kyriazis, Gionis and Antonis Tsepis, Pavlos Vontitsianos (Vondiziano), Nikolaos Themistocleous (Mayor of Larnaca), Z. Pierides, and M.A. Page. Suits are worn even during outdoor excursions. An assistant (mistarkos) is visible in the far right of the photograph, dressed in humble traditional attire (shirt, breeches/vraka, waistcoat). In his hand, he holds the European hat of his employer.

Archive of Marios Kyriazis

Photograph at the Ammochostos harbor with the harbor personnel.

Photograph at the Ammochostos harbor with harbor personnel (early 20th century). Giuseppe Pascotini the younger is seated in the front row, second from the left. Notable in the photograph are the everyday suits, straw hats and the tall gaiters of the seated men.

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Members of the Larnaca Club, 1891.

From top to bottom, and left to right: Standing, top row: G.P. Hunter, G. Mavroidis, F. Feneck, T. Slungers.

Standing, bottom row: N. Cababe, Krajowsky, G. Pierides, M.A. Page, J.A. Mackey, F.M. Montague, Rev. E.A. Gillett, G. Wilson.

Sitting, top row: A. Morton, W.H. Turner, T.H. Brayshaw, K. Krambis, A.G. Lanelles, H. Hilmi, Dr. Young, G. Fontana.

Sitting, bottom row: R. deM. Colgrave, W. Ansell, E.H. Hare, L.Z. Pierides.

The depicted men are wearing everyday suits with various types of head coverings, such as fezzes and hats of the "pompe" type. The hat known as the "pompe" is related to the British bowler hat, a hard, dome-shaped hat made of felt with a turned-up brim.

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Members of the Larnaca Club, 1891.

From top to bottom, and left to right: Standing, top row: G.P. Hunter, G. Mavroidis, F. Feneck, T. Slungers.

Standing, bottom row: N. Cababe, Krajowsky, G. Pierides, M.A. Page, J.A. Mackey, F.M. Montague, Rev. E.A. Gillett, G. Wilson.

Sitting, top row: A. Morton, W.H. Turner, T.H. Brayshaw, K. Krambis, A.G. Lanelles, H. Hilmi, Dr. Young, G. Fontana.

Sitting, bottom row: R. deM. Colgrave, W. Ansell, E.H. Hare, L.Z. Pierides.

The depicted men are wearing everyday suits with various types of head coverings, such as fezzes and hats of the "pompe" type. The hat known as the "pompe" is related to the British bowler hat, a hard, dome-shaped hat made of felt with a turned-up brim.

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The seated man is wearing heavily pleated black breeches (vraka) that reach the ankle, revealing leather boots. He also wears a shirt and a double-breasted waistcoat underneath a short black jacket with long sleeves that widen at the ends. The attire is complemented with a fez. Interestingly, this traditional attire is also paired with a necktie, a European element.

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Outdoor excursion of adults and children, during the 1920s. Peppa Pascottini-Iakovidou with a scarf over her hair, is sitting in front of Laura and Maro Stavrinidou.. Phivos Stavrides Foundation – Larnaka Archives Π.Β.Κ6.33

The friends Peppa Pascottini Iakovidou and Irma Glaszner smiling while posing in a photo studio, dressed in a pierrot carnival costume in the 1920s. Peppa stands back, holding Irma's outstretched arms. Phivos Stavridis Foundation – Larnaka Archives Π.Β.Κ6.112