Image / Guard at the Acropolis encountered by William Sachtleben, Athens, 1891

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Title: Guard at the Acropolis encountered by William Sachtleben, Athens, 1891
Contributor: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created and/or Issued: 1891-03-13
March 13, 1891
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.
View of an Acropolis guard in traditional Greek dress, including a white pleated foustanella, a white shirt with wide sleeves, and a fermeli (vest).
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. 15. March 13, 1891. The guard who wished to stop us from entering the Acropolis.
Handwritten on negative: 21 / 13
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1841_0152
ark:/21198/zz002hfkrq
Subject: Guards--Greece--Athens
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring--Greece
Source: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

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