William Sachtleben standing in front of a Caravansara en route to Tabrīz, Dizaj Khalil vicinity, Iran, 1891
Item Overview
- Title
- William Sachtleben standing in front of a Caravansara en route to Tabrīz, Dizaj Khalil vicinity, Iran, 1891
- Photographer
- Allen, Thomas Gaskell
- Date Created
- July 14, 1891
- Date
- 1891-07-14
- 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.
Photograph of a caravansara, or khan, near the village of Dizaj Khalil. In the foreground are the Humber bicycles of William Sachtleben and Thomas Allen and Sachtleben is visible standing beyond the bicycle on the left.
Negative is torn. The other half is: ark no. 21198/zz002hfhrr - Caption
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Handwritten on negative: 4498 / 6
Text from negative sleeve: July 14, 1891: A Persian Khan (typical) on road to Tabriz near Teswidj. Sleeping quarters for man and beast.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- Sachtleben, William Lewis
- Location
- Iran--Dizaj Khalil
- Longitude
- 38.23818
- Latitude
- 45.906372
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Bicycle touring -- Asia
Caravansaries -- Iran
Find This Item
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1841_0095
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hfhs8
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.