Ed Folsche, telegraph operator, on his horse observing a bridge under construction, Miyānah, Iran, 1891
Item Overview
- Title
- Ed Folsche, telegraph operator, on his horse observing a bridge under construction, Miyānah, Iran, 1891
- Photographer
- Sachtleben, William Lewis
- Date Created
- August 6, 1891
- 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 in Miyānah of Ed Folsche of the Indo-European Telegraph Company on his horse looking towards a bridge under construction in Miyānah. - Caption
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Handwritten on negative: 4498 / 4[?]
Text from negative sleeve: No. 46. August 6, 1891. About the same as 45, showing part in course of construction and the Persian mode of working.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Subjects
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Horses -- Iran -- Miyānah
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Bridges -- Iran -- Miyānah - Names
- Folsche, Ed
- Location
- Iran--Miyanah
- Longitude
- 37.389400
- Latitude
- 47.740327
- Resource type
- still image
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local identifier
- uclamss_1841_0127
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hfjw9
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.