Villa Marie-Thérèse, boarding house,

The photo comes from the personal collection of my maternal grandparents. They were in Haute-Savoie around 1943. The photo could have been taken in Saint-Gervais or Megève.

The people in the windows of Villa Marie-Thérèse could be my mother and great-grandmother, but the definition isn't good enough to be sure.

In this picture, the question is more "where" than "who". Where was it taken ?

Group of friends in the port of Salonika

The photo is part of my maternal grandparents' personal collection.

It shows a group of friends in fancy dress in the port of Salonika in the summer of 1929, on July 14th to be precise. As French influence (French schools and newspapers) was strong in Greece at the time, perhaps they were commemorating the national holiday.

My grandfather is completely on the left in the shot, he's 20 years old ; he's proudly posing with a whole bunch of friends. Who are they ?

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.

Le cliché doit dater du début des années 1930, probablement vers 1933, après l’arrivée de la famille en France et avant le retour de la soeur de ma grand-mère en Grèce.

They are posing, perhaps on the banks of the Marne, where they sometimes went dancing on Sundays.

The 3 unknown friends in the photo were undoubtedly friends from Salonika, too. Who were they ?

Young girl in costume

This photo is from the personal collection of my maternal grandparents.

I have no indication of place or date.

The photo shows a very young girl dressed up for a party.

Judging by the clothes of the people in the background, this could be the 1940s-1950s.

The girl would be a niece or the daughter of friends of my grandparents, from the pre-war community of Salonika. But the location could be anywhere else.

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 photo, a complete family, grandparents, their children as a couple and a little girl.

I'm thinking of a family by marriage who sent a souvenir to my grandparents who had settled in France in the early 1930s.

Portrait of a young woman, 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 (or possibly Paris).

It represents a young girl, a friend or perhaps a cousin of my grandparents.

Friends from Greece

The postcard-sized photo is from the collection of my maternal grandparents.

Two elegantly dressed young men pose in a photographer's studio in the city.

I have no indication of date or place, but I think it's a photo taken in Salonika in the 1930s, featuring friends of my grandfather (former students of the Italian school?).

Young man 1937

The information on the back of this photo, a portrait of a young man, tells me that it dates from 1937.

It came from the collection of my maternal grandparents, so I imagine that a friend of my grandfather's in Salonika, Greece, sent it to him.

Perhaps a classmate from the Italian school where he was a pupil.

Young man standing

On this picture, no indication of place, date or identity.

This elegant young man poses in a photo studio, perhaps in Salonika, Greece, during the 1930s.

I suppose it was a friend of my maternal grandfather's who sent him this photo in France (perhaps one of his classmates from the Italian school in Salonika?).