The storied Acropolis crowned by the Parthenon, (Thesion at base) S.E. from railway - Athens – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of The storied Acropolis crowned by the Parthenon, (Thesion at base) S.E. from railway - Athens brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The storied Acropolis crowned by the Parthenon, (Thesion at base) S.E. from railway - Athens
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Here the Parthenon crowns the Acropolis, and the Thesion, the Doric temple of Hephaestus, sits at the hill's base, all seen from the southeast along the railway line. Underwood & Underwood, the New York firm whose stereo cards were sold in large numbers for parlor viewing, issued the card around 1907. The railway vantage point is worth noticing, since trains had carried travelers into Athens since the late 1860s, so the ancient hill was visible from the tracks as well as from the city streets.
| Created / published | c1907. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. (2) 9279. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Greece--Athens; Photog. I.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,361 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140478 |
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