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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of William Sachtleben with his bicycle and an unidentified man at the Theater of Dionysus Eleuthereus. The Acropolis is visible in the distance. 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. 34. Feb. 27, 1891. The theater of Dionysius [sic] or Bacchus, (in Roman times). A view taken from the stage on which so many ancient Greek dramatic writings first saw the light amid the cheers of thousands of Athenians.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1841_0218 ark:/21198/zz002hfp0s
Subject
Acropolis (Athens, Greece) Amphitheaters--Greece--Athens Bicycle touring--Greece Theater of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Athens, Greece) Sachtleben, William Lewis
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