William Lewis Sachtleben and Thomas Allen at the so-called Prison of Socrates, Athens, 1891

Title: William Lewis Sachtleben and Thomas Allen at the so-called Prison of Socrates, Athens, 1891
Photographer: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created: March 13, 1891
Date: 1891-03 13
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Description: Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's stay in Athens before embarking on a bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
View William Lewis Sachtleben and Thomas Allen with their Humber bicycles at the so-called Prison of Socrates, man-made caves on Philopappos Hill in Athens. A guard stands next to the entrance of the cave.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: No. 44. March 13, 1891. The so-called Prison of Socrates.
Handwritten on negative: 21 / 46

Genre: black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Location: Greece--Athens
Longitude: 37.969407
Latitude: 23.720813
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Guards -- Greece -- Athens
Philopappos Hill (Greece)
Bicycle touring -- Greece

Repository: Allen, Thomas Gaskell
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1841_0181
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hfmr6
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Rights statement: public domain
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.