William Sachtleben's bicycle next to a Corinthian capital at the Olympieion, Athens, 1891

Title: William Sachtleben's bicycle next to a Corinthian capital at the Olympieion, Athens, 1891
Photographer: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created: February 27, 1891
Date: 1891-02-27
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Description: Photograph of William Sachtleben's bicycle parked next to a monumental fallen Corinthian capital at the Temple of Olympian Zeus. The Acropolis is visible in the background on the right.
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. 31. Feb. 27, 1891. Half of one of the capitals of the stately columns of the Temple Olympian Zeus.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Olympieion (Athens, Greece)
Location: Greece--Athens
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Greek temples -- Greece -- Athens
Bicycle touring -- Greece
Roman temples -- Greece -- Athens
Capitals (Columns) -- Greece -- Athens

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1841_0215
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hfnwr
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Rights statement: public domain
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.