William Sachtleben, Bachelor Creswell and another man resting in the mountains near the Lidjessy Mines, Şebinkarahisar vicinity, Turkey, 1891

Item Overview

Title

William Sachtleben, Bachelor Creswell and another man resting in the mountains near the Lidjessy Mines, Şebinkarahisar vicinity, Turkey, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

June 7, 1891

Date

1891-06-07

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 William Sachtleben (L), Bachelor Creswell (R) and another man resting in the mountains during a climb of "Kat-run-tepe" near the Lidjessy Mines

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: No. 24. June 7, 1891. An incident of our stop at the famous old Lidjessey [sic] Mines. Climbing Kat-run-tepe (Tar mountain). A rest at the cave.
Handwritten on negative: 1602

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Sachtleben, William Lewis
Creswell, Bachelor

Location

Turkey--Şebinkarahisar

Longitude

40.289788

Latitude

38.420989

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Mountaineering -- Turkey -- Şebinkarahisar
Bicycle touring -- Asia