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Thomas Allen riding a bicycle on the Acropolis with the Parthenon behind him, Athens, 1891

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Title: Thomas Allen riding a bicycle on the Acropolis with the Parthenon behind him, 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
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of Thomas Allen, wearing a fez or tarboush type hat, riding a Humber bicycle on the Acropolis with the Parthenon visible behind him.
Text from negative sleeve: No. 22. March 13, 1891. Riding on the Acropolis. The east end of the Parthenon in the rear.
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 / 22
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1841_0159
ark:/21198/zz002hfm0t
Subject: Greek temples--Greece--Athens
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring--Greece
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Source: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

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