Genre: Portrait photographs / Resource Type: still image / Names: Sachtleben, William Lewis - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
Date:: December 17, 1891
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Collection:: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Description:: Group portrait of William Sachtleben (3rd from L) with his Humber bicycle and an Acropolis guard, Thomas Allen with his bicycle and an Acropolis guard, and a 5th man on the L, posing on the spot where the statue of Athena Promachos once stood. The 2 guards wear traditional Greek dress including a white pleated foustanella. A panoramic view of Athens is visible in the background.
Date:: March 13, 1891
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Collection:: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841