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Brian Giraud photo album, formerly belonging to his grandfather Edmund Haydn Giraud (1880-1962, father of 4, a major shareholder and contributor of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Smyrna, married to Ruth Whittall), covering a period of 1910s - 1930s.
caption: Lydja [Ilıca], Whittall terrace.
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caption: Lydja, Agnes Whittall bathing. (probably Agnes Maud Keyser who married Albert James Whittall)
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caption: girls bathing.
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caption: Çeşme port, 1924.
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caption: Lydja, looking towards Mount Profitilia.
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caption: Lydja 1922, looking towards old Greek Church from village.
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caption: Lydja in 1922.
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caption: Lydja, 1922, Old mill tower.
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caption: Lydja in 1922.
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caption: Whittall Terrace from pier by Old Greek Church.
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caption: Harry’s yacht, ‘S. Y. Trold’. (the boat he owned before the Lillias (that boat post sale by the Girauds renamed Cambria)).
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caption: Chatal Asmak.
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caption: My yacht, ‘Helen May’.
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caption: Homer’s Rock, Chios.
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caption: A group at Chatal Asmak (Harry is in the middle of the photo with his yachting cap, also below).
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caption: On the beach at Chatal Asmak, Çeşme.
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caption: Lydja, Tender Lady May in June 1933.
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caption: Lydja village.
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caption: Gouni Island looking East towards Erithri.
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caption: My Helen May II at Çeşme 1931.
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Lady May at sea in September 1935.
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Glifada, Oct 1935. Latharna, Valdora, Icarus and Lady May.
Edmund Giraud’s boats, in order of: Helen May, Helen May II and finally in 1934 the Lady May. Later on Edmund also bought a small yacht for his son (Mark’s grandfather) Godfrey, called the Buraya, which Godfrey sold and replaced with the İnci, a boat still owned by the family to this day.
scans and information courtesy of Mark Giraud, son of Brian Giraud. Read Brian Giraud’s article on the History of Yachting in Turkey:
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