A photograph of the Saleh family in the Neomonde Baking Company. Though undated, the photograph is estimated to date from the late 1970s or early 1980s.
Caption from Trey Matthews: "Passenger list for the S.S. Majestic, departing Chergourg, [sic] France, arriving in New York 21 Aug 1907. Listed are George and Soosan (Susie) Safy."
From Trey Matthews: "Passport Application for George Joseph Safy dated 6 Aug 1904. Birth date listed as 4 Jan 1877 in Syria. Year of arrival listed as 1894. Witnessed by Salim B. Nofal."
From Trey Matthews: "Wedding photo of George Victor Safy and Agnes Harper Ellen, 11 Nov 1951. Pictured Left to Right are: Grace Anderson Ellen (mother of the bride), James T. Ellen (brother of the bride), Unknown, Unknown, Agnes Ellen (bride), Victor…
A portrait of George Victor Safy, son of George Joseph and Susie Safy. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken when Victor was a young man, circa 1944.
From Trey Matthews: "Joseph Safy, son of George Joseph and Susie Safy. Joseph was killed in action when his plane was shot down over Germany during WWII on 9 Sep 1944. He was interred in Lorraine American Cemetery in France."
Caption from Trey Matthews: "Victor and Joseph with uncle. This is Victor and Joseph Safy, sons of Joseph and Susie Safy. They are pictured with their uncle Majeed Safy. Majeed is the brother of their mother, Susie."
Photograph of Alberto Kuri, Maximo's uncle, on his way to work at a night club in Tucson, Arizona where he was a Master of Ceremonies in the sixties. He was the third of Hanna and Dalel Khoury's four children.
Photograph of Bechara Khoury posed next to a flower arrangement with Farieda Khoury on the other side. Taken in late 1920s, shortly before they moved the family to South Africa.
An article written by Maximo Kuri about the city of Beirut and how it had recovered from the Lebanese Civil War. The piece was written at Wimpy's Cafeteria on Hamra Street, Beirut, on October 31, 2003. It was published by Reforma, a Mexican national…
Photograph taken of the Maximo and his siblings (in no particular order, Mayela, Guillermo, and Victor) and one unknown girl, posing in front of their pool. This photograph was likely taken in the 1970s
A photograph of a large pool and a basketball court at the Kuri home in El Pedregal de San Angel. Children are playing on the basketball court and a small jungle gym placed next to the basketball court. The Kuri family moved into a mansion on Calle…
Photograph of Dalel Khoury (resting her face on her hand) with my Victor Kuri as a baby and her other son, Jose, next to Victor, at a picnic with the Barquet family in Rio Frio, Mexico, c.1935. Ventura Barquet, future author of a popular cookbook, is…
A family photograph of the Khourys in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1961. Sometime in the 1920s, Bechara and Farieda Khoury (Maximo Kuri's paternal great great grandparents) moved the Khourys family moved to Johannesburg, South Africa as Lebanon's…
An exterior shot of Monte Cristo, a bakery/bistro operation started by the Kuri family in Canada that had three locations. It originally opened on Robson Street, in downtown Vancouver and was eventually sold by the Kuri family to a Kenyan immigrant…
A photograph of the interior of Monte Cristo, a bakery/bistro operation started by the Kuri family in Canada that had three locations. It originally opened on Robson Street, in downtown Vancouver and was eventually sold by the Kuri family to a Kenyan…
Photograph of part of the inside of Mexico Arte with Guillermina Kuri, Maximo Kuri's mother, behind the counter. Mexico Arte was a retail business that the Kuri family started in Vancouver, Canada where they imported Mexican pinewood furniture, blown…
Photograph of Victor and Guillermina, Maximo Kuri's parents, at their wedding on December 10, 1960. They are both looking at the camera, smiling, as they embrace each other.
Photograph of Guillermina Kuri, her daughter Mayela, and her husband Victor Kuri drinking jellab at a Beirut terrace during their trip to Lebanon in 2003.
Maximo Kuri's maternal grandparents, Margarita and Francisco, walking in walking on San Juan de Letran Street in the 1950s. Image captured by a street photographer.
Victor Kuri (senior), Maximo Kuri's father, playing basketball at Valvoline's No. 7. Victor became a semi-professional basketball player, joining the Mexico City YMCA at an early age, after his parents, Hanna and Dalel Khoury, separated in 1945.
A photograph of Victor Kuri (senior) at an exhibit in the Kusak Art Gallery in Zona Rosa, Mexico City. He stands in front of an art piece with an unknown man standing on the other side.
Passport for Rashid Abdelnour, valid for one year. The name on the passport is Rashid Elias Mawad. Includes travel and arrival dates, age, father's name, destination, and a brief physical description. He came from Lebanon and was without other…
A handwritten letter in Arabic and English, certifying Sadie Aboushar's age as 16 years and three months. The letter states that she was born on June 3, 1897, and was baptized on June 20, 1897. The letter also provides the name of Sadie's father,…
Medical document for Yussif Boua Krouche [very hard to read] indicating the treatment of trachoma infection. The document also states that while it was given on board a ship it did not guarantee acceptance at either a boarding or landing port. It was…
