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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
148026 and 151355
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
9-14-1986
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negatives
Description
Views from the Greek Heritage Festival celebrations, at the Portland Exposition Building in 1986 and 1988. Shortly after 1988, under the leadership of Fr. Kostas Sarantidis (pastor), the annual Festival moved to the Pleasant Street block, between High Street and Park Street- near Holy Trinity Hellenic Orthodox Church (133 Pleasant Street).
Left image: Harriet Routses and Konstantine Kapothansis, preparing loukoumades (fried dough) to serve at the Greek Festival, at the Portland Expo.
Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 14 September 1988.
Top right image: Unpublished photo of dancers, rehearsing for an event at the Greek Festival, Portland Expo, on 14 September 1988.
Bottom right image: Christina Zoulamis and Caroline Kourinos, in traditional Greek costume, after participating in folk dances at the Greek Festival, held in the Portland Expo. .
Photo published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 17 September 1986.
Recommended Citation
"Greek Heritage Festival, 1986 and 1988" (1986). Events - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 37.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_events/37
Keywords
Portland, Me., West End, Greek community
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