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William Sachtleben at the modern gate to the enclosure of the Street of Tombs, Athens, 1891

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Title: William Sachtleben at the modern gate to the enclosure of the Street of Tombs, Athens, 1891
Contributor: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created and/or Issued: January 15, 1891
1891-01-15
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.
View of William Sachtleben standing next to his bicycle at the modern gate to the Street of Tombs, with a man standing a few feet behind him.
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. 40. Jan 15, 1891. The modern gate to the enclosure of the Street of Tombs, the Wall of Themistocles and the Dipylon. The main entrance.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1841_0464
ark:/21198/zz002j5dvp
Subject: Kerameikos (Athens, Greece)
Bicycle touring--Greece
Cemeteries--Greek--Greece--Athens
Source: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

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