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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's stay in Athens before embarking on a bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr. View of the wall of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus from the outside. A bicycle is parked in the center (probably William Sachtleben's bicycle) near three unidentified men. Text from negative sleeve: No. 30. Feb. 26, 1891. The ruins of the theater of Herodes Atticus, a royal patron of Athens. This ruin is popularly known as the Odeion. It seated 3000 spectators and dates from the Roman times.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1841_0214 ark:/21198/zz002hfnv7
Subject
Amphitheaters--Greece--Athens Bicycle touring--Greece Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Athens, Greece)
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