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Famille inconnue à Salonique

Unknown family in Salonika

Unknown family in Salonika The picture dates from 1928. A complete family (3 generations) poses in a building in Salonika and sends this photo to the ANGEL family, who have probably recently moved to Paris. The family doesn't pose in a studio as...

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Jeune fille déguisée

Young girl in costume

Young girl in disguise This photo comes from the personal collection of my maternal grandparents. I have no indication of place or date. The photograph shows a very young girl dressed up for a party. According to the clothes of the people in the...

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Famille de Grèce

Family from Greece

Family from Greece I have no information about this photo, other than the period I'm guessing: the 1930s, and the location: probably Salonika in Greece. In the picture, a complete family, the grandparents, their children as a couple and a little girl. I think of...

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Amis de Grèce

Friends from Greece

Friends from Greece The postcard-sized photo comes from the collection of my maternal grandparents. Two elegantly dressed young men pose in a photographer's studio in town. I have no indication of the date or place, but I think it's...

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Jeune homme 1937

Young man 1937

Young man 1937 Concerning this photo, a portrait of a young man, the information on the back tells me that it dates from 1937. It comes from the collection of my maternal grandparents, so I imagine it was a friend of my grandfather's who stayed in Salonika in...

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Jeune homme en pied

Young man standing

Full-length young man This photograph gives no indication of place, date or identity. This very elegant young man poses in a photo studio, perhaps in Salonika, Greece, during the 1930s. I assume that a friend of my maternal grandfather sent him...

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Couple à Salonique

Couple in Salonika

Couple in Salonika The photo was taken in Greece on June 29, 1929. Could the smiling young couple be family? Or, more likely, friends of my grandparents. The background could be the harbor, near the White Tower, a popular strolling spot...

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L’élégant inconnu

The elegant unknown

The Elegant stranger Dear friends, today I present a photo printed on thick, rigid cardboard. I can only place the date with certainty: 1883 to 1909. The photographer "Baubin" worked in Salonika. Did he have branches elsewhere? I can...

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Fontaine, jeune femme et garçon

Fountain, young woman and boy

Fountain, young woman and boy This photo comes from the collection of my maternal grandparents. There are indications on the back of the photo. I could have been lucky enough to find the location, but unfortunately it's cut off. The photo doesn't seem to have been taken...

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Mariage inconnu

Unknown wedding

Unknown wedding This photo comes from the personal collection of my maternal grandparents. I have no indication of the identity of the bride and groom. Various details lead me to believe that the photo was taken in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Perhaps a girl...

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Jeune homme à son bureau

Young man at his desk

Young man at his desk This photo comes from the personal collection of my maternal grandparents. It is printed on a postcard format from the Grand Institut Photographique, rue Sainte Sophie 1, Salonika. It was probably taken during the years...

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Famille Avidor, Marseille, Château d’If

Avidor family, Marseille, Château d'If

Avidor family, Marseille, Château d'If This photo comes from the collection of my paternal grandparents. I'm looking for my father's family, AVIGDOR or AVIDOR, from Edirne in Turkey, with whom he lived in Marseille in the summer of 1952. It's written on the back...

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Famille Avidor, Marseille

Avidor family, Marseille

Avidor family, Marseille This photo comes from the collection of my paternal grandparents. I'm looking for my father's family, AVIGDOR or AVIDOR, with whom he lived in Marseille in the summer of 1952, originally from Edirne in Turkey. I think the family...

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Calo Madjar, épouse Atias

Calo Madjar, wife Atias

Calo Madjar, wife Atias This photo comes from the collection of my paternal grandparents. It was probably taken in Paris in the 1950s. It's a portrait of Calo MADJAR épouse ATIAS or ATHIAS according to the documents. Calo was my...

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Les soeurs Atias

The Atias sisters

The Atias sisters This photo comes from the collection of my paternal grandparents. It was probably taken in Paris around 1926. They are full-length portraits of my grandmother (in disguise, in the middle) and her cousins ATIAS or ATHIAS, according to the documents. I...

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Madame Avidor, Marseille

Mrs Avidor, Marseille

Madame Avidor, Marseille This photo comes from the collection of my paternal grandparents. It was taken by my father in the port of Marseille in the summer of 1952. I'm looking for my father's family, with whom he stayed that summer in Marseille. The name is AVIGDOR...

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Inconnue au jardin

Unknown in the garden

Unknown in the garden This photo comes from the collection of my paternal grandparents. It's in a garden, and you can make out a house behind the fence. By cross-checking, I think this photo was taken in the summer of 1954. It may have been taken in France...

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Mariage Julie

Julie's wedding

Julie's wedding This photo was the starting point for my initial project. As the annotation indicates, this is Julie's wedding, celebrated on December 19, 1934 in Salonika (Greece). She sent this group photo to her aunt Mathilde and uncle Moïse. I can't find...

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