Vintage Portraits/ People

Mitata in the 1980's.

Original photograph, sans Odyssey wording. The Benaki Legacy Odyssey Magazine. January/February 2006. pp. 48-50 Antonis Benakis bequeathed more than his impressive art collection to Greece: he established an institution...

These are members of the Galakatos family. From left to right: Kyriakoula, Efrosini, Stavroula, Nikos, Andreas, Evangelos. Date and place unknown. From the archives of Stamatoula Chlentzos (nee Mavromatis). Stamatoula wa...

These two ladies married Chlentzos men who were first cousins. Eleni Coulentianos married Dimitri Chlentzos and Kalomira Moulos married another Dimitri Chlentzos. According to Stamatoula Chlentzos, who is 100 years old,...

Theo is seated at the front of the picture. At the time he was 20 years old. The names of his companions are not known, but it is thought that they were fellow musicians, a bouzouki and a mandolin player. Theo played the...

Escaped from Smyrna to Kythera.

Vrettos Alfieris (1890-1974) was the son of Giorgos (1860- ? ) and Spiridoula Argiri Alfieris (1855-1927) from Potamos. Vrettos married Marigo Theodorakaki (1895-1961) in 1922 in Dubbo, Australia. They had four children;...

This photo was taken near the Alfieris home in Potamos. Pictured are Vrettos Alfieris (1890-1974), his wife Marigo Theodorakaki (1895-1961) and their neighbor Stavroula Gouveri (nee Megaloconomos).

This is a long shot of the actual cafeneon

These photos were taken by his niece Rose at my grandfather's cafenion in New Bedford, MA

Zaferia was married to Panayiotis Alfieris. They had several children but only four lived; Evangelos, Demetrios, Katina, and Stella. She immigrated from Kythera to Alexandria in the early 1900's. Her children were all bo...

Aretee Katsoules Sophios was the daugher of Kirani Chlentozs Katsouls and Giorgos Katsoulis. See also: An Encounter with Manolis Sophios Kirani Chlentzos Katsoulis with grandchildren Manolis & Giorgos Sophios Manolis Sop...

This photo as taken in 1991 when cousins of Manoli Sofios; Milton and Harry Alfier, and John Alfieris, visited Kythera. Maternal grandmother of Manolis Sophios Arete and Demetrios Sofios. Parents of Manolis Sophios Kiran...

"Re-worked" photograph. Removing stains and mould damage from the original photograph. Papa Mina, and Argero Coroneos. Karavas, Kythera. The originl photograph can be found hanging in "Bulli" and Poppy's cafenion on the...

This is a photograph of a photograph - in poor condition. Papa Mina, and Argero Coroneos. Karavas, Kythera. The originl photograph can be found hanging in "Bulli" and Poppy's cafenion on the marmaro in Karavas, underneat...

This photo shows Dimitrios Firos of Mitata in 1924. Two of his sons, Tony and John, settled in California. Tony never married, and John married Maria Dolores from Spain. Dimitrios' son Theo settled in Australia. Dimitrio...

If anyone can identify any of the people in this photo, or where and when it was taken, please add a comment.

Giorgos Alfieris (1860 - ? ) and wife Spirithoula Argiri (1855-1927) with Maria (1887-1960) and Panayiotis (1882-1934). The other man in the photo is unknown. This photo was taken in approximately 1887. See also: Panayio...

My Grandparents from my Mother's side: John and Stamatiki Tsaousis (Viaros) with two daughters, Stratoula the eldest is my mother Staratouls Prinea (Now 98-years-old) and her sister Panagiota who married Nicholas Damiano...

My self portrait, Shortly after my arrival in Australia. It was taken at Grifith NSW in 1952. I was using a Roleicord camera, and a home made enlarger, which I set up at the laundry which I was using as darkroom.