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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of William Sachtleben standing against a monumental fallen capital at the Temple of Olympian Zeus. The Acropolis is visible in the background. 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. 32. Feb. 26, 1891. The other half of one of the capitals of the columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus. The Acropolis in the rear.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1841_0216 ark:/21198/zz002hfnx8
Subject
Greek temples--Greece--Athens Acropolis (Athens, Greece) Bicycle touring--Greece Roman temples--Greece--Athens Capitals (Columns)--Greece--Athens Sachtleben, William Lewis Olympieion (Athens, Greece)
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