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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a Greek woman in traditional dress walking on a nearly deserted street in Athens. She wears a long dress or skirt and blouse with embroidered sleeves, an embroidered apron, a long vest and a head scarf. A boy behind her and next to a Humber bicycle smiles at the photographer. 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: March 14, 1891. Ancient costume. A pretty Athenian maid. Text from negative sleeve: No. 50. March 14, 1891. Ancient costume. A pretty Athenian maid. Handwritten on negative: 21 / 53
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