William Sachtleben at the modern gate to the enclosure of the Street of Tombs, Athens, 1891

Title: William Sachtleben at the modern gate to the enclosure of the Street of Tombs, Athens, 1891
Photographer: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created: January 15, 1891
Date: 1891-01-15
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Description: View of William Sachtleben standing next to his bicycle at the modern gate to the Street of Tombs, with a man standing a few feet behind him.
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. 40. Jan 15, 1891. The modern gate to the enclosure of the Street of Tombs, the Wall of Themistocles and the Dipylon. The main entrance.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Location: Greece--Athens
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Kerameikos (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring -- Greece
Cemeteries--Greek -- Greece -- Athens

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1841_0464
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j5dvp
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Rights statement: public domain
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.