Archibald Loudon Snowden and William Sachtleben with his bicycle before the U. S. Embassy, Athens, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Archibald Loudon Snowden and William Sachtleben with his bicycle before the U. S. Embassy, Athens, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

March 12, 1891

Date

1891-03-12

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

Photograph of Archibald Loudon Snowden (L), United States minister to Greece, Romania, and Serbia, with his dog, Nibbings, and William Sachtleben, standing with his bicycle in front of the United States Embassy in Athens.
Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's stay in Athens before embarking on a bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: 21 / 4
Text from negative sleeve: No. 3. March 12, 1891. The U.S. Minister, his son and Sachtleben before the United States Legation in Athens.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Snowden, Archibald Loudon, 1837-1912
Sachtleben, William Lewis

Location

Greece--Athens

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Embassies--American -- Greece -- Athens
Bicycle touring -- Greece
Ambassadors--American -- Greece -- Athens