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William Sachtleben's bicycle next to a Corinthian capital at the Olympieion, Athens, 1891

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Title: William Sachtleben's bicycle next to a Corinthian capital at the Olympieion, Athens, 1891
Contributor: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created and/or Issued: 1891-02-27
February 27, 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 William Sachtleben's bicycle parked next to a monumental fallen Corinthian capital at the Temple of Olympian Zeus. The Acropolis is visible in the background on the right.
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: No. 31. Feb. 27, 1891. Half of one of the capitals of the stately columns of the Temple Olympian Zeus.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1841_0215
ark:/21198/zz002hfnwr
Subject: Greek temples--Greece--Athens
Bicycle touring--Greece
Roman temples--Greece--Athens
Capitals (Columns)--Greece--Athens
Olympieion (Athens, Greece)
Source: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

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