Vintage Portraits/ People

Zacharias Panaretos, aged 10. Also known as Jim Panos or by me as Pappou. Every time I went to see Pappou he would give me a $2 coin from his pocket, and then I subsequently raided the fridge for rizogalo. We sat in the...

I believe this is a picture of town dignitaries, taken in 1910, at the time of the visit of the pre-eminent statesman of modern Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos (seated at the centre front). Ioannis Panaretos can be seen in...

Portrait of Ioannis Demetrios Panaretos, father of Demetrios and grandfather of Eleni Cominos, Potamos. This image is an enlargement taken from a group picture of town dignitaries.

Mrs. Eleni Cominos of Potamos kindly allowed me to photograph some of her family pictures. This image shows her great-grandparents, Demetrios Vretos Panaretos seated at the left of the picture, his wife Kalliope also sea...

Standing left to right. Mrs. Kapsanis,Helen Panaretos Gavriles,Stasa Nomecos,Aspasia Panaretos Nomecos,Mary Panaretos Pappas,unknown, unknown, Mrs Limbiris, Tony Limbiris,unknown, unknown. Seated left to right; John Nome...

I have tried to blow up the left side of this 1945 Detroit picnic to identify some of the people. In the back row, there are many familiar faces, but unknown names?? I know 2nd from the left is Emanual Georgopoulos. The...

A group of Kytherians in Detroit gather to meet with Dr. Fotinos, a Kytherian who was a professor of dermatology in Athens. From left to right: Paul Theodore Panaretos; Cosmas Panos Gavrilis of St. Louis, MO; Nicholas De...

English translations below. Anyone with additional information, etc. please comment. Peter Trearchis Obituary Nicholas A. Coroneos Nicholaos A. Coroneos died in Potamos, at age 80 and he will be missed very much. The for...

Hi does anyone know who the people are in this picture? I know that the following people are: man in center- Demetrios Gavrilis holding on to Ted Gavrilis second from left standing- Nicholas Gavriles fourth from right- P...

A "re-worked" image of the original placed by Alexandra Ermolaeff. The "damaged" sections on the original have been "edited out". Original photo of Father Evangelos Crithary the priest of Karavas and his wife Stamatia (n...

On the Freeleagus farm in Kythera, Greece. Can anyone specify the location? Clearly there were many more windmills in existence 70 years ago on Kythera, than are currently extant there?

Kosmas P Galakatos. Born about 1857 in Christoforianika, Kythera; died 5 February 1942 in Piraeus, Greece. A trader, importer, exporter in Smyrna with business in Turkey, Russia & Greece. Son of Polychronis Galakatos & F...

Photograph taken after he returned to Greece from the Belgian Congo. The original photograph is in the Potamos Cultural Centre on Kythera. Read the story of Michael Panaretos in the Oral History section of this site. Fam...

My maternal grandfather Theodore Panaretos from Potamos. He used to have a distillerey and grocery business in Smyrna until the 1923 problem and then imigrated with his family to Massacusetts, USA, then eventually to Det...

The young girl with the striped dress is my Mother's sisiter Mary Panaretos when she was very young. Maybe someone recognises this landmark? From Steve Tryphillis: in the village of Trifyllanika near Potamo. The place is...

More family from my dad's trip to Kythera in 1929. I recognise a few people like 2 of my cousins and my father and grandfather and also an aunt Foto, who was married to my mother's brother Alex Panaretos and whose maiden...

Another shot from my father's visit to Kythera in 1929 . I only recognise my father and the rest I leave up to others from Kythera that might be able to identify who they are. On both sides of my family , I am related to...

Gathering of the Panaretos clan at the family villa, Potamos 1927. L to R: Four Potamos born children of Vic and Marouli Panaretos (nee Aroney) – Eugenia (m. Jack Prineas), Paul, Sofia (m. Peter Locos), Matina (m. George...