Vintage Landscapes

Classic Manolis Sophios photograph.

Tρυπια Πέτρα On the road to Myrtidiotissa in the 1950's. Note that the road has not yet been sealed. I applaud the initiative taken by Con Gavrilis, re: this important landmark. From the Bulletin Board: Con P Gavrillis....

Βρύσις Tριφυλλιανιυων From a postcard; photograph by Emmanuel Sophios. The women have arrived by donkey, and are using spring water to wash their clothes. The spring obviously ran much more freely a half century ago. See...

A classic Emmanuel Sophios photograph of Karavas (in the 1950's?), with an almond tree in blossom in the foreground. Note the order of the town, and the highly maintained terraces. The church of Ayios Haralmbos is the hi...

From a vintage postcard. How times change?

From a vintage postcard. Avlemonas in the 1950's. Contrast this photograph with some of the modern portraits of the same scene?

Vintage postcard from the 1950's(?), of Karavas, looking North, with the Patrikios Agricultural School in the background. The young girl on the donkey can only be one person - Matina Cominos (nee, Zantiotis) - Sarandakos...

A long distance view across Karavas, from a vintage postcard. My guess is that the photo was taken in the 1950's. Can anyone date it more accurately?

Ayia Pelagia wharf. I assume the photograph was taken in the 1950's. (It is on an old postcard.) Can anyone date the photograph more accurately?

Kythera was the first Greek land to be liberated after World War II. This is the first landing of British and Greek ships and army in Kapsali September 1944. This photo was taken by Sophios from Potamos. People from the...