Object ID
1995.23.1.4
Object Name
Photograph
Date Created
1920s
Object Entities
Object Description
A black and white portrait of two young women. They are standing outside, in a field with trees behind them. They are both wearing dark colored dresses with stashes around their waist. Both young women have dark hair and are wearing dark tights, and Mary-Jane style pumps. The girl who is standing on the left is resting her left hand on the other girl's shoulder.
Origin
Angie and Bill Demakis donated these photographs in honor of Andrew Nicholas Calas.

Andrew Calas' real family name was Kalogridakis, they were from Crete. In 1927 he married Chrysanthe Mazokapakis in Havana, Cuba. They settled in Chicago. He was a vetern of WWI and was gassed in the war. He died at Hines Veterns Hospital as a result of this injury.

The people pictured are unidentified.
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Citation
Photograph, 1920s, National Hellenic Museum, https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/objects/3408. Accessed 04/26/24.