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Historical site, Messolonghi (Greece) - Peter Throckmorton, Fred Yalouris, 1972
Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1972-09-
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Messolonghi, Greece
Measurements: 2" x 2"
HEE-SC-01998
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1972-09-
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Messolonghi, Greece
Measurements: 2" x 2"
Peter Throckmorton and Fred Yalouris (back to camera) speak with a woman, while visiting a site related to Lord Byron's presence at Messolonghi during the Greek War of Independence in the mid-1820s; visited during an archaeological survey project at the battle site of Lepanto (modern Naupactus) in 1972. (CC)
HEE-SC-01998
