A set of three slides with white cardboard frames. Each slide has an image of a landmark on the island of Corfu. The slides, along with a tag, are encased in a plastic wrapping, which is stapled to the tag. The tag identifies the subject of the slides as "Costume of Greece." This set of slides is "set two," and the manufacturer is "Pana-vue." These particular slides are "Superdia Slides," which "fit all 2" x 2" slide viewers and projectors. The first slide is an image of two women standing in front of a ruin and has the caption "Queen Amalia's Costume." The second picture shows a woman leaning against a low brick wall and is captioned "Epirus." The third slide shows two women sitting on the same low wall and is captioned "Siatista and Naousa." The words "Made in Belgium" are printed on the front of each frame.

It is unclear when exactly these slides were made, although it may have been sometime in the 1960s. They were manufactured in Belgium. The fact that they are images of Greek landmarks suggests that they may have been purchased in Greece.
Each slide contains an image of a different Greek woman's costume. The first slide shows two women wearing dresses. At least one, and possibly both, are wearing the Amalia dress. This costume was deigned by Amalia of Oldenburg after she became the first Queen consort of Kingdom of Greece in 1836. She designed the dress based on those worn by women of her newly adopted home country. After it's creation, the town was commonly worn by townswomen throughout the Balkan Peninsula.
The second slide apparently shows a woman wearing the costume of Epirus, a region in northwestern Greece. However, the dress appears to be a bit longer and more flowing than normal.
The third slide shows two women wearing different costumes, apparently from cities of Siatista and Naousa, both of which are in the historical region of Macedonia.

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