Image / Two guards at the Street of Tombs, Athens, 1891

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Title: Two guards at the Street of Tombs, Athens, 1891
Contributor: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created and/or Issued: January 15, 1891
1891-01-15
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841
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Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of 2 guards at the Street of Tombs in the Kerameikos area of Athens. The bicycle of the photographer, William Lewis Sachtleben, is between them and ancient ruins of the archeological site are visible beyond.
Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's stay in Athens before embarking on a bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
Text from negative sleeve: No. 41. Jan. 15, 1891. The two guards at the enclosure of the Street of Tombs … and the intricate mass of ruins between the two.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1841_0003
ark:/21198/zz002hfdm7
Subject: Guards--Greece--Athens
Cemeteries--Greek--Greece--Athens
Kerameikos (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring--Greece
Source: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

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