A poor quality archive photo of the Paradiso [Şirinyer] Hippodrome in 1909.
image source the book ‘Beşonsekiz Treni [8.15 train] - Tayfur Göçmenoğlu’
Group photo of Levantines at the Paradiso Hippodrome, from the left: Giovanni Sponza, his wife Felicita Sponza, should be Nora Tornaviti and Jeanne Delpino – the other men Alex Baltazzi can’t recognize, at the right end Felice Capadonna, the property developer known by the nick name of ‘Bay Köşe’ [Mr Corner for his imposing corner buildings across Izmir].
image source the book ‘Beşonsekiz Treni [8.15 train] - Tayfur Göçmenoğlu’
Paradiso Hippodrome 1939, from the second left: Edwin Clarke, Mario Tornaviti (standing), Giovanni Sponza, Innes and Edmond Roels.