#manola

In creating the photo book Mykonos Muse, the photographer Lizy Manola had a dual role: that of a photographer, as well as that of a person who has maintained a close relationship with the island based on love for 40 years. And the approach taken for the book published by the renowned international publishing house Assouline stands out. Through its pages, one learns about the meteoric rise of the Cycladic island over the last 70 years, about its architecture, rituals, rites, and traditions, as well as about the beauty of Delos. But one also learns about something else, perhaps more fundamental. One comes to understand what it is that made Mykonos the muse of international luxury tourism; it wasn’t its beaches or whitewashed homes. It was, first and foremost, the open-hearted and open-minded Mykonians who shared their island without reservation.

Launched as Manola on January 21st, 1890 at the Globe Iron Works in Cleveland for the Minnesota Steamship Company. 282 feet long and 40 feet wide, she would go to work in the ore trade. In 1895 the steamer would come to the rescue of the freighters Cayuga and Joseph L Hurd in Lake Michigan. The pair collided off Charlevoix in heavy fog. Crews from both ships were saved, except for the cook off the Hurd who tried to swim to shore and drowned. Cayuga sank. In 1901 Manola was sold to the newly formed Pittsburgh Steamship Division of U.S. Steel. In 1912 she loaded the first cargo of limestone at Calcite. Postcard from Skip Gillham collection.

Manolo’s Place, photo by Mary Jean Massie

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