Thomas Allen riding a bicycle at the Hippodrome of Constantinople (Sultanahmet Meydanı), and in front of the Sultanahmet Camii, Istanbul, 1891
Item Overview
- Title
- Thomas Allen riding a bicycle at the Hippodrome of Constantinople (Sultanahmet Meydanı), and in front of the Sultanahmet Camii, Istanbul, 1891
- Photographer
- Sachtleben, William Lewis
- Date Created
- March 21, 1891
- Date
- 1891-03-21
- Collection
- Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841
Notes
- Description
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Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
View of Thomas Allen riding a Humber bicycle at the Hippodrome of Constantinople (Sultanahmet Meydanı) in Istanbul as 3 men watch and one man walks past, with the Walled Obelisk (Constantine Obelisk) in the middle ground and the Sultanahmet Camii (Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I) in the background.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
-
Hippodrome of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
Walled Obelisk (Istanbul, Turkey)
Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Sultanahmet Camii (Istanbul, Turkey) - Location
- Turkey--Istanbul
- Longitude
- 41.005626
- Latitude
- 28.974863
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Obelisks -- Turkey -- Istanbul
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Stadiums -- Turkey -- Istanbul
Mosques -- Turkey -- Istanbul
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1841_0024
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hffbk
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.