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"Since 1970 Hellas Restaurant and Bakery, located in the center of Tarpon Springs, Florida's World Famous Sponge Docks and Fishing Village, has been owned and operated by the Karterouliotis family." (hellasbakery)
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The Sponge Docks are now mostly shops, restaurants, and museums dedicated to the memory of Tarpon Springs' sponge diving. Print size 13x19 inches.
Fred Howard Park for its beautiful beach and fishing environment. The park has been reconstructed couple years ago which is much more functional and spacious for fishing, walking and other activities around the park.
A greek sponge boat sits along side the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs Florida on a warm but beautiful September night. The boat is one of several boats associated with the sponge diving industry that can be found at the docks. Many of the boats are owned by fisherman of Greek heritage.
Named for Tarpon seen jumping in nearby waters, the area was first settle by farmers in 1876. By the 1880’s the town was being developed for a traditional Floridian purpose, as a wintering place for snow-weary northerners. About the same time, John Cheyney founded the first local sponge business. Most of the early sponge fishermen came from Key West and the Bahamas and settled in Tarpon Springs to harvest and process sponges. by the 1890’s a few Greek fishermen had started to arrive to participate in the sponge harvesting industry in the area.
A big change happened in 1905 when John Cocoris introduced the technique of sponge diving to Tarpon Springs. He started by recruiting experienced and savvy divers and crew members from Greece. Reportedly, the first divers came from the Saronic Gulf islands of Aegina and Hydra. Soon, they were outnumbered by fishermen from the Dodecanese islands of Symi, Kalymnos, and Halki. By 1916,the sponge industry had became one of the leading maritime industries in Florida and, for a time, even a more important business in Tarpon Springs than selling real estate to northerners. It was generating millions of dollars a year.
To mount a successful fishing industry boats are needed. The 1910 Census in Tarpon Springs lists eight ship carpenters living in the city. Three were from Greece, three hailed from Turkey and one each from Florida and Georgia. At that time, the predominantly Greek Dodecanese Islands were owned by Turkey, so the carpenters from Turkey were most likely ethnic Greeks. The tradesmen from the Mediterranean were recent immigrants. They had learned as apprentices to master craftsmen who taught them age-old ship building techniques. In Tarpon Springs, America's emergent sponge capital, these carpenters were probably engaged full-time in the construction and repair of diving and hooking boats. Early twentieth century vessels based and built in Tarpon Springs were primarily achtarmas style sponge boats (a sub-type of the trechantiri) common in the Dodecanese islands. This type may originally have been based on a Phoenician design used in the Aegean Sea and Mediterranean basin 2500 years ago.
This is luckily not my idol Tom Brady. LOL Good luck this Sunday at the Super Bowl. Tarpon Springs FL.
Taken with Sony A7II and a Nikkor-P-C 1:2 8.5cm, 85mm on a Techart adapter
A memorial to the divers who harvest sponges in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1905, John Cocoris introduced the technique of sponge diving to Tarpon Springs. Cocoris recruited sponge divers from the Dodecanese Islands of Greece. Print size 13x19 inches.
Sponge boat docked on the Anclote River in the Sponge Docks District of Tarpon Springs FL. In the 1940s there was a red tide that wiped out most of the sponge fields but the sponges have come back. Constructive comments welcome. Thanks.
The Greek community of Tarpon Springs on the Anclote River was incorporated in 1887, largely by Greek immigrants. Print size 13x19 inches.
The burned out hulk of a shrimping vessel lays alongside the quay.
Canon A-1, FDn 50/1.4, Ilford HP5+
My version of an often photographed statue. It’s a statue showing a Greek settler in his divers suit which was used to get valuable sponge in the ocean bottom. It’s located in Tarpon Springs Florida
Sony A7, Nikkor-P.C 1:2 f=8.5cm
taking a break from uploading my vacation pictures today, which is 7-7-07. My husband took me to lunch in Tarpon Springs so I could do a little photo walk for today.
A sponge boat docked on the Anclote River in the Greek community of Tarpon Springs Florida. Tarpon Springs has the highest percentage of Greek Americans of any city in the US. Print size 8x10 inches.
Sunset on Dodecanese Blvd., Tarpon Springs, Florida>
Tarpon Springs Greektown Historic District
National Register of Historic Places - District:
Bounded by Dodecanese & Roosevelt Blvds., West Tarpon & North Pinellas Aves.
6/2/2014
NRHP #14000321
28°09′08″N 82°45′36″W
HDR using 3 RAW images (+2, 0, -2) created using ACR 6.7 with final processing in CS5.
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Because you can never have too many of the letter "s" in your title.
For more on this area, it's famous Sponge Divers, and it's Greek heritage please go to www.spongedocks.net/
This Greek community is famous for the worlds finest sponges and some of the best Greek restaurants, markets, and bakeries in the country. Print size 8x10 inches.
This statue is on Dodecanese Street which runs along the Anclote River where the sponge boats bring in their cargo.
An abandoned shrimp boat, aground on the Anclote River, outside the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks. Florida's shrimping fleet took a lot of damage during the hurricanes of '04.
Anastasi sponge boat, Tarpon Springs, Florida
Panorama composed of 2 images (landscape orientation) stitched horizontally.
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I took this photo of Colorful Wooden Chairs (for sale) on July 31, 2015 with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 Digital Camera. This photo was taken at the Northeast Corner of Pinellas Ave. (aka Alternate US 19) & Dodecanese Blvd., in Tarpon Springs, near the Greek Sponge Docks.
Tarpon Springs, Florida
Panorama composed of 5 images(landscape orientation) stitched horizontally. FOV 162°x 28°
Nikon D3100
Nikon 18-55mm VR @ 38mm
iso 200
f/8
20 seconds
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This is a scan of a Kodolith Slide where I sandwiched a Positive (Slide Film) and a Negative (Contact Print with Kodolith Film) together.
Disclaimer: This photograph was taken with my Minolta Maxxim 5000 35 mm SLR with Color Print Film, when I was just learning photograph, so it is very soft & grainy. I scanned the Negative, and used Photoshop Elements™ to correct the
Exposure and Saturation to generate the Digital Digital Image, presented here on flickr™.