American missionary William Whipple photographing his family at their home, Tabrīz, Iran, 1891

Title: American missionary William Whipple photographing his family at their home, Tabrīz, Iran, 1891
Photographer: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created: July 24, 1891
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Description: Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
Photograph William Whipple (standing in hat), American missionary, photographing his family including a woman two boys and a little girl, at their home during a visit from William Sachtleben and Thomas Allen. One boy is seated on tricycle (?).
Caption: Handwritten on negative: 4498 / 35
Text from negative sleeve: No. 33. July 24, 1891. Mr. Whipple, American missionary in Tabriz, kodaking his family before his home in the city. The house was formerly the property of a Persian noble.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Subjects: Missionaries--American -- Iran -- Tabriz
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Dwellings -- Iran -- Tabriz
Names: Whipple, William Levi, 1844-1901
Location: Iran--Tabriz
Longitude: 38.081153
Latitude: 46.292288
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1841_0116
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hfjhm
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Rights statement: public domain
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.