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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…
View of Sponge Docks
In 1921, dozens of Greek boats in the sponge fleet line the wooden docks where men work and an anchor lies. Along with the lone horse-drawn buggy are the Sponge Exchange jitney and cars that are probably owned by the more affluent sponge merchants.
View from Sponge Exchange
In this view looking north from the Sponge Exchange to the boats lining the Sponge Docks, men examine enormous piles of strung sponges harvested on recent trips. When the photograph was taken in 1921, the old wooden buildings had been replaced with…
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,…
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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.…