William Sachtleben with his bicycle and an unidentified man at the Theater of Dionysus Eleuthereus, Athens, 1891

Title: William Sachtleben with his bicycle and an unidentified man at the Theater of Dionysus Eleuthereus, Athens, 1891
Photographer: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created: March 1, 1891
Date: 1891-03-01
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Description: View of the Theater of Dionysus Eleuthereus from the southwest. William Sachtleben with his bicycle and an unidentified man are in the stage area.
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. 38. March 1, 1891. The theater of Dionysius as seen from the southeast. The oldest theater in the world. Still in a good state of preservation.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Theater of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Athens, Greece)
Sachtleben, William Lewis
Location: Greece--Athens
Longitude: 37.970333
Latitude: 23.72798
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Amphitheaters -- Greece -- Athens
Bicycle touring -- Greece

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1841_0220
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hfp2t
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Rights statement: public domain
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.