William Sachtleben and Basilios Kapsambelis in costume for Carnival, Piraeus, 1891

Item Overview

Title

William Sachtleben and Basilios Kapsambelis in costume for Carnival, Piraeus, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

March 15, 1891

Date

1891-03-15

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

Photograph of William Sachtleben [L?], on a Humber bicycle, and Basilios Kapsambelis, on a bicycle, in costume for Carnival in Piraeus. They are in the Municipal Theater Square with the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Constantine and Helen in the background. The church is located at Karaiskou 109.
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 / 56
Text from negative sleeve: No. 53. March 15, 1891. Sachtleben and Kapsambelis in Piraeus in carnival costume.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Sachtleben, William Lewis
Church of St. Constantine and Helen (Piraeus, Greece)
Kapsambelis, Basilios Georgiou, 1866-1929

Location

Greece--Piraeus

Longitude

37.943085

Latitude

23.648018

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Carnival -- Greece -- Piraeus
Bicycle touring -- Greece
Municipal Theater Square (Piraeus, Greece)