Thomas Allen riding his bicycle within the north colonnade of the Parthenon as William Sachtleben watches, Athens, 1891

Title: Thomas Allen riding his bicycle within the north colonnade of the Parthenon as William Sachtleben watches, Athens, 1891
Photographer: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created: March 13, 1891
Date: 1891-03-13
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Description: View of Thomas Allen riding his Humber bicycle within the east end of the north colonnade of the Parthenon as William Sachtleben, dismounted from his bicycle, watches.
Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's stay in Athens before embarking on a bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: No. 37. March 13, 1891. Riding in the Parthenon on the Acropolis. The eastern end of the north side.
Handwritten on negative: 21 / 38

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Location: Greece--Athens
Longitude: 37.971612
Latitude: 23.726679
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Greek temples -- Greece -- Athens
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring -- Greece

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1841_0174
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hfmhk
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Rights statement: public domain
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.