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Costas Klimantos accepting auction bid

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Auctioneer and former diver Costas Klimantos accepts a bid from potential buyer George Smitzes at the Sponge Exchange on June 19, 1978. After a sale, the captain or owner is reimbursed for food and boat expenses, then each member of the team receives…

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Egg cracking during Easter meal at home of diver John Gonatos, April 13, 1947.

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Elias Poulos and Spiro Skordilis sing accompanied by George Soffos-bouzouki and Dino Theofilos-keyboard, Night in the Islands, August 6, 2011.

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Tags: dino theofilos, elias poulos, Ellada, george soffos, Greek Community of Tarpon Springs, greek music, Spiros Skordilis

Employees with Greek sponge boats on ways, Tarpon Springs,1942.

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Tags: boat building, Greek Community of Tarpon Springs, Sponge Industry

Fr. Karaphillis at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Holy Saturday, April 12, 1947.

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Tags: easter, Greek Community of Tarpon Springs, greek orthodox, Holy Saturday, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Greek American Bakery

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Evelyn Miaoulis Billirakis and Kalliope Miaoulis Harvard sitting on the back of a bike driven by their brother Nicholas Miaoulis in the 1940s. They are making a stop at the Greek American bakery on today’s Pinellas Avenue, which was owned and…

Tags: bakery, greek, Greek Community of Tarpon Springs