An selection of photos taken from glass plates in the Mount Athos Photographic Archive (Thanks Vasilis). This is a catalogue from an exhibition staged by the National Bank of Greece.
Where is this, why are they posing?
Does anybody recognize the location?
What is he weighing?
Allied military in 1917
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Athos – Agion Oros
Look for more Athos art (of Spyros Papaloukás):http://www.eikastikon.gr/zografiki/papaloukas.html
I think that the Archive is on Agion Oros. A priest-monk of I.M. SÃmonos Pétras, Ioustinos, is Keeper of the Archive: http://cartography.web.auth.gr/Maplibrary/New/ENGLISH_New/Mt_Athos.htm
See also:
http://www.athosmemory.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=37