Thomas Allen on bicycle crossing the bridge from "Para," the Beyoglu district, to Istanbul, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Thomas Allen on bicycle crossing the bridge from "Para," the Beyoglu district, to Istanbul, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

March 21, 1891

Date

1891-03-21

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
Photograph of Thomas Allen on his Humber bicycle crossing a wooden bridge from the district or Pera (Beyoglu) to Istanbul as Turkish men and a child on the bridge watch.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: 105 / 16
Text from negative sleeve: No. 13. March 21, 1891: Crossing the bridge from Para to Stanbul.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Allen, Thomas Gaskell

Location

Turkey--Istanbul

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bicycle touring -- Asia
Bridges -- Turkey -- Istanbul
Beyoğlu (Istanbul, Turkey)