Greek woman in traditional dress, Athens, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Greek woman in traditional dress, Athens, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

March 14, 1891

Date

1891-03-14

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

Photograph of a Greek woman in traditional dress walking on a nearly deserted street in Athens. She wears a long dress or skirt and blouse with embroidered sleeves, an embroidered apron, a long vest and a head scarf. A man ahead of her on the right smiles at the photographer.
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. 49. March 14, 1891. A snap shot at an Athenian holiday dress.
Handwritten on negative: 21 / 52

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Greece--Athens

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Women -- Greece -- Athens
Streets -- Greece -- Athens
Bicycle touring -- Greece
Clothing & dress -- Greece -- Athens