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Photograph of two women standing together.

The woman with glasses on the left is unidentified.

The woman on the right is Rena (Pappas) Blentson, wife of Pete Blentson.

Photograph of James G. Kotsianas (left) and Pete Blentson (center) with his wife Rena (Pappas) Blentson and children Angelo and Helen.

James, Pete, and Rena were all Greek immigrants who came to Woodstock, Virginia, in the early 1920s. James and…

Photograph of James G. Kotsianas (left) and Pete Blentson (center) with his wife Rena (Pappas) Blentson and children Angelo and Helen.

James, Pete, and Rena were all Greek immigrants who came to Woodstock, Virginia, in the early 1920s. James and…

Portrait photograph of Pete Blentson wearing a suit and tie.

Pete was a naturalized citizen born in Greece. He was a partner in, and later co-owner of the New York Restaurant in Woodstock, Virginia, from 1922 until his death in 1956.

Pete was…

Photograph of Pete Blentson with his two children: Angelo (on the left), and Helen (on the right).

The girl in the center is unknown, but may be one of several of Pete’s nieces who lived with them at various times after immigrating from Greece.…

Pete Blentson as a young man in a suit and tie, posed in studio.

Pete was a naturalized citizen born in Greece. He was a partner in, and later co-owner of the New York Restaurant in Woodstock, Virginia, from 1922 until his death in 1956.

Pete…

Portrait of Pete Blentson as a young man posed in studio.

Pete was a naturalized citizen born in Greece. He was a partner in, and later co-owner of the New York Restaurant in Woodstock, Virginia, from 1922 until his death in 1956.

Pete was the…

Portrait of Pete Blentson as a young man posed in studio.

Pete was a naturalized citizen born in Greece. He was a partner in, and later co-owner of the New York Restaurant in Woodstock, Virginia, from 1922 until his death in 1956.

Pete was the…

Photograph of Rena (Pappas) Blentson wearing a floral-print dress.

Rena (Pappas) Blentson was a native of Greece who immigrated to the United States and then married another Greek immigrant, Pete Blentson, in 1931.

Her husband was a co-owner…