View of William Sachtleben with his Humber bicycle (L) and Thomas Allen with his bicycle, with Acropolis guards and others at the top of the steps of the Propylaea. Sachtleben and Allen are trying to gain access to the Acropolis. The Parthenon is visible in the background. The guard in the foreground is wearing traditional Greek dress including a white pleated foustanella, a white shirt with wide sleeves, and a fermeli (vest).
William Lewis Sachtleben conversing with women and children on a street in Athens. Sachtleben stands next to his bicycle facing the women and girls who are standing in front of a stone building with a humble wooden addition. A building is in the background.
View of William Sachtleben (L) and Thomas Allen on bicycle, Greek guards in pleated white foustanella garments (center) and three others (background L) in front of the Parthenon, with large column drums (?) and other architectural debris in the foreground and scattered across the landscape.
View of three photographers, including 2 women, working with 2 cameras on tripods on the Acropolis. The southwest portion of the Parthenon is visible behind them.
View of Thomas Allen at the Propylaea on his Humber bicycle on top of a large block of marble. An Acropolis guard dressed in a white pleated foustanella and seated on another block of marble observes him. Another man is visible behind the guard. View from south.
View of William Sachtleben (L) and Thomas Allen with their Humber bicycles on Philopappos Hill near the so-called Prison of Socrates, with the Acropolis in the distance
View of the Acropolis from Philopappos Hill (ancient name Mouseion Hill) south west of the Acropolis in Athens. William Sachtleben is in the middle ground with his bicycle.
View of a Thomas Allen standing on a sidewalk across the street from the mansion of archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (located at: Iliou Melathron, Leoforos Eleftheriou Venizelou (Panepistimiou) 12, GR-106 71 Athens).
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 boy behind her and next to a Humber bicycle smiles at the photographer.
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.
View of Olga, Queen, consort of George I, King of the Hellenes leaving the Church of the Savior of Lykodemos in Athens. She is escorted by an unidentified man and an elderly women is descending the steps on the left. The wheel of a waiting carriage and coachman are in the left foreground. On the right are a man in military attire, a man and boy and a man in formal attire including white gloves and who holds a top hat at his side.
View from west of William Sachtleben and Thomas Allen seated along the exterior wall of the Erechtheum (Erechtheion) with their bicycles parked near them. The porch of the Caryatids id visible above them.
William Sachtleben between 2 Humber bicycles (center), with Thomas Allen seated on a block of marble (R) and a Greek guard in a landscape strewn with column drums and other architectural debris in front of the south side of the Parthenon.
William Sachtleben (center) with his Humber bicycle, with a Greek man (R) and another man seen from the back viewing the panorama of Athens from the Acropolis facing SE. Another bicycle in the foreground is that of Thomas Allen.
Photograph of Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben gazing down the circuit wall of the Acropolis on the south side with the Parthenon visible behind them.
Thomas Allen (L) and William Sachtleben next to a mound of cannonballs on the Acropolis. Sachtleben, bicycle in hand, gazes at the mound as Allen lifts one cannonball into the air. A row of capitals rest on a low wall in the background where Allen's bicycle is visible.
Distant view from NW towards Thomas Allen (L) and William Sachtleben with their bicycles in the portico of the Erechtheum (Erechtheion) with the south porch of the caryatids visible in the distance. A couple sit in a small doorway to the right of the main portal. Marble architectural blocks are lined up on the ground.
View of William Sachtleben (L) and Thomas Allen with their Humber bicycles, an Acropolis guard (R, wearing a white pleated foustanella) and 3 others in front of the porch of the Caryatids of the Erechtheum (Erechtheion).
View of Thomas Allen riding his Humber bicycle within the east end of the north colonnade of the Parthenon as William Sachtleben, dismounted from his bicycle, watches.
William Sachtleben (R) and Thomas Allen riding their Humber bicycles within the north colonnade of the Parthenon with 2 Acropolis guards visible in the background.
View of Thomas Allen (L) and William Sachtleben with their Humber bicycles in the portico of the Erechtheum (Erechtheion). A couple sit in a small doorway to the right of the main portal.
View of William Sachtleben next to an Acropolis guard who is elevated on a truncated column with two Humber bicycles parked in front of them. Another guard is seated on a truncated column on the left, next to Thomas Allen and a third guard seated on a column resting on its side. Two of the guards are dressed in white pleated foustanella garments.
Photograph of Thomas Allen (L) and William Sachtleben racing their Humber bicycles in front of the Parthenon (L) on the Acropolis as 2 seated Greek guards watch. The guards wear traditional dress including a white pleated foustanella and white socks.
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.
Photograph of Thomas Allen (L) and William Sachtleben conversing with a Greek guard on the Acropolis next to the Parthenon as another guard watches. Their Humber bicycles are parked next to them. The guards wear traditional dress including white pleated foustanella and white socks. A column drum is in the foreground.
Photograph of Archibald Loudon Snowden (L), United States Minister to Greece, Romania, and Serbia, with his Charles Randolph Snowden (R), holding the handle bar of a Humber bicycle, and William Sachtleben, with a bicycle, in front of the United States Embassy in Athens.
Photograph of Archibald Loudon Snowden (L), United States minister to Greece, Romania, and Serbia, with his dog, Nibbings, and William Sachtleben, standing with his bicycle in front of the United States Embassy in Athens.
Photograph of Thomas Allen (probably), wearing a fez or tarboush type hat, with a new Humber bicycle, standing next to a Greek man in traditional dress including a white pleated foustanella, white shirt with wide sleeves, white socks and pointed shoes called tsarouhia.
View of William Sachtleben at the market in a small plaza in lower Athens. Buildings lining 2 sides of the plaza are visible in the background; a gazebo and small booths are behind Sachtleben in the plaza.
Photograph of Archibald Loudon Snowden, United States Minister to Greece, Romania, and Serbia, giving a command to his dog Nibbings, and William Sachtleben with his bicycle in front of the U. S. Embassy in Athens.