Thomas Allen with a new Humber bicycle, standing next to a Greek man in traditional dress, Athens, 1891
Item Overview
- Title
- Thomas Allen with a new Humber bicycle, standing next to a Greek man in traditional dress, Athens, 1891
- Photographer
- Sachtleben, William Lewis
- Date Created
- March 12, 1891
- Date
- 1891-03-12
- Collection
- Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841
Notes
- Description
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Photograph of Thomas Allen (probably), wearing a fez or tarboush type hat, with a new Humber bicycle, standing next to a Greek man in traditional dress including a white pleated foustanella, white shirt with wide sleeves, white socks and pointed shoes called tsarouhia.
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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Text from negative sleeve: No. 1. March 12 [?], 1891. The first photo of the new Humber bicycle in Athens. A study in costume standing by admiring the wheel. In Athens, Greece and vicinity. 55 negatives.
Handwritten on negative: 21 / 49
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
- Allen, Thomas Gaskell
- Location
- Greece--Athens
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- Bicycle touring -- Greece
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1841_0139
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hfk90
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.