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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The building in the background was once the main university building. It is called the Propylaea, was designed by architect Theofil Hansen, and now serves as a ceremony hall and rectory. View of Thomas Allen alongside his bicycle and others in front of the Athens University (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). William Sachtleben's bicycle is parked on the right. 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. 16. Jan. 11, 1891. Before the university in Athens.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1841_0008 ark:/21198/zz002hfdtb
Subject
Bicycle touring--Greece Universities & colleges--Greece--Athens Allen, Thomas Gaskell Panepistēmio Athēnōn
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