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William Sachtleben and others enjoying a panoramic view from the edge of the Acropolis, Athens, 1891

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Title: William Sachtleben and others enjoying a panoramic view from the edge of the Acropolis, 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.
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 taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's stay in Athens before embarking on a bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
Handwritten on negative: 21 / 20
Text from negative sleeve: No. 20. March 13, 1891. A view taken from the Acropolis looking southeast. On the verge of the Acropolis.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1841_0157
ark:/21198/zz002hfkx9
Subject: Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring--Greece
Sachtleben, William Lewis
Source: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

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