William Sachtleben and others enjoying a panoramic view from the edge of the Acropolis, Athens, 1891
Item Overview
- Title
- William Sachtleben and others enjoying a panoramic view from the edge of the Acropolis, Athens, 1891
- Photographer
- Sachtleben, William Lewis
- Date Created
- March 13, 1891
- Date
- 1891-03-13
- Collection
- Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841
Notes
- Description
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William Sachtleben (center) with his Humber bicycle, with a Greek man (R) and another man seen from the back viewing the panorama of Athens from the Acropolis facing SE. Another bicycle in the foreground is that of Thomas Allen.
Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's stay in Athens before embarking on a bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr. - Caption
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Handwritten on negative: 21 / 20
Text from negative sleeve: No. 20. March 13, 1891. A view taken from the Acropolis looking southeast. On the verge of the Acropolis.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- Sachtleben, William Lewis
- Location
- Greece--Athens
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring -- Greece
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1841_0157
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hfkx9
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.