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waiting for sponge auction 1978
Buyers examine sponge lots during a large sale at the Sponge Exchange on June 19, 1978. Unlike sponge sales in Greece, sales at the Sponge Exchange were generally conducted through silent auctions. Each potential buyer submitted his bid on a piece of…
Vasile G. Faklis
Vasile G. Faklis (1892-1982) left Symi for Tarpon Springs, where he founded Faklis Department Store and Shoe Repair in 1912. He proudly served in the U.S. army during World War I and is shown here in his military uniform in 1917. His sons, George and…
Vasile Faklis fitting shoes
Vasile Faklis fits his granddaughter, Andea Faklis Kopacz, with a shoe as her mother Katie Faklis watches in 1966. Faklis' Department Store and Shoe Repair specialized then as today in shoes that are both stylish and healthy. The store still displays…
unloading sponges from a hooking boat
Gus Tsourakis and a crew member unload strings of cleaned sponges on June 27, 1969. Tsourakis owned a hooking boat, which was smaller than the larger diving boats. On this trip they harvested more than 5000 sponges, primarily wool.
Tulumaris family in car
On a beautiful day in 1924, the Tulumaris family is ready to venture out for a drive in their car. Before strip malls and extensive development, Tarpon Springs was considered a place of great natural beauty, attracting artists and wealthy snowbirds…
TSHS prom of 1943
In 1943, Tarpon Springs High School’s annual Prom was celebrated at The Manor on Country Club Drive. Those attending included Lula Christodoulou, Mary Stavropoulos, Pete Tsourakis, and Augustine Paskalakis.
TSHS Future Homemakers of America 1948
The Tarpon High School Future Homemakers of America chapter appears with their teacher on March 1, 1948: front row, Mrs. Simmons, Irene Harvey, Zula Peperis, Mary Tsalichis, unidentified, Else Sakiotis; second row, Evelyn Kotis, Bessie Johns,…
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.…
tourists at the Sponge Docks
By 1937, the Sponge Docks are bustling with visitors. Note the many cars parked in front of the sponge fleet, the tourist boat ride at the end of the Sponge Docks, and the large sign announcing the function of the Sponge Exchange to visitors.
Tony and Maria Karavokiros
Tony Karavokiros served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. While on leave he visited his mother Maria with another sailor circa 1943. Many Greek Tarponites, who had observed the Axis powers invade Greece early in the war, served bravely in the…