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Duchess Giallourakis Arfaras and Michel Arfaras
Duchess Giallourakis Arfaras and Michel Arfaras enjoy the beach on their honeymoon in 1951. The Giallourakis family was involved in the sponge industry, and it was through them that Duchess was introduced to her future husband, Tunisian Greek sponge…
Lloyd Bridges with townspeople
Actor Lloyd Bridges poses with townspeople at the Sponge Docks during the filming of 16 Fathoms Deep (1948) in Tarpon Springs. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, both this film and Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) created a romantic aura around…
group in Greek clothing
A Greek school group dressed for a Greek cultural celebration poses on the Sponge Docks during the 1940s. The two sponge divers to the left behind them are Emmanuel Mehas and John Maillis. The front row is unidentified Greek school teacher,…
Jack Gombos' birthday party
There is a birthday party in progress among a group of friends and neighbors on Mill Street near Athens Street in the 1940s. Maria Afanason, Sevasti Georgiadis, Nikki Ergas holding Michael Kouremetis, Maria Fotakis, Maria Karavokiros holding Nancy…
Tsalichis family on a picnic
The Tsalichis family enjoys a picnic on Kathara Deftera/Καθαρά Δευτέρα or Clean Monday in the 1941. Anna Karagiannis Kotis looks surprised and perplexed because she has just been handed a live rabbit by her nephew Michael Tsalichis to her left.…
Frances, Nellie, and Magdaline Peronis
Frances, Nellie, and Magdaline Peronis stroll with a friend around Spring Bayou on a beautiful spring day in the 1940s. Nellie and Magdaline married Tiliakos brothers who were shrimp boat builders in Fernandina Beach and Frances moved to Indiana —but…
crowd inside Teddy's Pavilion
A large crowd gathers inside Teddy’s Pavilion for a festive occasion at Sunset Beach in the 1940s. George Pappas stands in the left foreground.
family photo outside their home
The family of a sponge fisherman poses for a photograph in front of their home on November 16, 1936. Although the talented Burgert Brothers photographers from Tampa found intriguing subjects in Tarpon Springs, they did not always record the names of…
Miaoulis and Lulias families
Members of the related Miaoulis and Lulias families sit for a photograph in front of their Greek-American Bakery, 1940s. Front row, left to right are Kaliope Manias Lulias, Irene Manias Lelekis, Nick Manias; second row, Evdokia Manias, Nikitas Manias…
Angel family on picnic
The Angel (originally Angeliniadis) family often had holiday picnics on the beach—and they remember them today with great fondness. This one took place on July 7, 1929—the date carved in the watermelon. Left to right, they are George Angel,…