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Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben with their bicycles in the portico of the Erechtheum, Athens, 1891

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Title: Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben with their bicycles in the portico of the Erechtheum, 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.
Distant view from NW towards Thomas Allen (L) and William Sachtleben with their bicycles in the portico of the Erechtheum (Erechtheion) with the south porch of the caryatids visible in the distance. A couple sit in a small doorway to the right of the main portal. Marble architectural blocks are lined up on the ground.
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 / 31
Text from negative sleeve: No. 32. March 13, 1891. On the east portico of the Erectheion.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1841_0169
ark:/21198/zz002hfmb0
Subject: Greek temples--Greece--Athens
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring--Greece
Sachtleben, William Lewis
Erechtheum (Athens, Greece)
Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Source: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

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