Group of friends on the port of Salonika The photo is part of my maternal grandparents' personal collection. It shows a group of friends in fancy dress on the port of Salonika in the summer of 1929, on July 14th to be precise. The French influence (schools,...
Buena, Elvire, on the banks of the Marne This photo was taken from my maternal grandparents' personal collection. It shows my grandmother, 2nd on the right, and her older sister, last on the left. The photo must date from the early 1930s, probably around...
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...
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...
Portrait of a young girl, October 21, 1935 This photo comes from the collection of my maternal grandparents. It is printed on a postcard base. It is dated October 21, 1935, and is very likely to have been taken in Salonika (possibly in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Three friends posing on the street My cover photo illustrates the theme of this blog: WHERE? WHEN? WHAT? and finally WHO. This photo, found in my maternal grandparents' albums, could be set in Salonika (Greece after 1912) or Czernowitz...
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...
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...
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...
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...