Dimitios Demirakos, my father-in-law, in Gythion Greece circa 1955. He Married Thalia Georgakarakou from Karvela, Gythion, Greece when he was 24 years old. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died of colon cancer.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
The Eisenhower Years - A Time of Optimism and Growth
After the Great Depression and World War II, everyone was ready to take a breath and have fun. Population boomed, families moved to the suburbs, television (by the end of the decade) would be in most...