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| Sotiris Blatsis | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> The Aged Shop Signs project - every picture tells a story... | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Pop in for a telephone call! (Koufonissia, Cyclades) |
 The old restaurant captures your appetite (Chora, Amorgos, Cyclades) |
 A good-hearted cafe (Tholaria, Amorgos) |
 A Commonwealth Fund - what was it set up for? (Dimitsana, Arcadia) |
 Non-specified shop - locals know, however... (Nemea, Korinthia) |
 Find anything you like in this "General Trade" (Nemea) |
 Would you trust a barber whose surname is... Axe? (Nemea) |
 Cooperative cava - renowned wine is the local product (Nemea) |
 The name of this taverna has faded away... (Goura, Korinthia) |
 "The New" Coffee shop (Volima, Zakynthos) |
 Grocer's named after the mountain above (Erymanthia, Achaia) |
 A coffee shop specialising in Greek coffee (Goura) |
 Not so visible owner's name of this coffee shop (Steno, Korinthia) |
 This barber's is a... withered "Rose" (Savalia, Ilia) |
 A furnishings factory... (Patras, Achaia) |
 ...and a furnishings store - retailer or competitor? (Patras) |
 Curtains, carpets and rugs... (Patras) |
 ...possibly used to equip this old hotel. (Patras) |
 Chocolates and sweets outlet of a renowned brand name (Patras) |
 Local and imported edible goods... (Patras) |
 ...perfectly match the cheese-making products. (Patras) |
 Distillery of a local range (Patras) |
 "Angelo's barrels" in this taverna... (Patras) |
 ...could be supplied by this cooperage... (Patras) |
 ...ready to be filled with wine tested at this enologist's... (Patras) |
 ...while non-drinkers make items for churches and chapels. (Patras) |
 Tools for the cultivation of the land... (Patras) |
 ...and construction of fences for its protection. (Patras) |
 Rawhide workshop, barely visible sign... (Patras) |
 ...and the leather is turned into shoes... (Patras) |
 ...or other leather goods. (Patras) |
 Seems that this shoemaker... (Patras) |
 ...is the uncle of this one next building. (Patras) |
 Yarn shop - women had the time to knit once upon a time... (Patras) |
 ...and men used to garment at the tailor's... (Patras) |
 ...but then they turned to ready-to-wear... (Patras) |
 ... in joy to the owner of shops like this. (Patras) |
 A grocer's with a heir... (Patras) |
 ...who needs to have his hair cut at this barbers'. (Patras) |
 Beer diner with terra brown walls (Kardamyli, Messinia) |
 Even the sign is extemporary at this shoemaker's (Skepasto, Achaia) |
 Fresh baked bread... (Rio, Achaia) |
 ...and fresh meat. (Patras) |
 A caring Union for deaf-mutes, once upon a time... (Athens) |
 Light machine-works (Patras) |
 "Good Work" at this smithery (Athens) |
 Athenian tin can factory (Athens) |
 Wire netting, suitable for fences (Athens) |
 Printery inside gallery (Athens) |
 Hatter's materials (Athens) |
 Wax works by "The Bee" (Athens) |
 Brooms and brushes... (Athens) |
 ...to clean this carpenter's from sawdust. (Athens) |
 No more suitable name for a spike heels factory than "The Steed"... (Athens) |
 ...and leather for the shoes. (Athens) |
 Stockroom for bobbins... (Athens) |
 ...and haberdashery. (Athens) |
 Houseware, lamps and polish wax - all for a brilliant house (Athens) |
 General Trade... (Athens) |
 ...along with spices and seasoners. (Athens) |
 Almonds, hazlenuts and peanuts to accompany your long drink (Athens) |
 Butter, cheese and cooking fat - many owners... (Athens) |
 ...many decades, even for a sole owner! (Athens) |
 Unspecified as well, but not rusted (Athens) |
 Time for a coffee after a hard day's work (Athens) |
 Instrumental decay (Athens) |
 A Meeting at this coffee shop (Roviata, Ilia) |
 Used to be a bread furnace (Ambelakia, Larissa) |
 Grocer's (Metaxochori, Larissa) |
 "Excellent" dairy products (Tyrnavos, Larissa) |
 Smithery (Larissa, Larissa) |
 Hunting equipment dedicated to the Goddess of hunting (Larissa) |
 Barbers like father like son (Amfissa, Fokida) |
 "Yali Kafene", then "Panhellenion", an historic coffee shop (Amfissa) |
 Quite an old taverna, too (Amfissa) |
 Grocer's in yellow (Chrisso, Fokida) |
 Atlas-strong wire-netting (Patras) |
 Coffeegrocer's (Arkesini, Amorgos) |
 Coffee under "The Three Plane-trees" (Anilio, Ioannina) |
 For a good night's sleep (Neo Iraklio, Athens) |
 Iron constructions (Neo Iraklio) |
:: Aged shop signs from abroad: stories told in other languages, too :: |
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