William Sachtleben preparing to bathe in a stream en route from Şebinkarahisar to Kelkit, (Kelkit vicinity?), Turkey, 1891

Item Overview

Title

William Sachtleben preparing to bathe in a stream en route from Şebinkarahisar to Kelkit, (Kelkit vicinity?), Turkey, 1891

Photographer

Allen, Thomas Gaskell

Date Created

June 10, 1891

Date

1891-06-10

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 between two Humber bicycles preparing to bathe in a stream (the Kelkit River?) en route from Şebinkarahisar to Kelkit.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: No. 35. June 10, 1891. Bathing in the stream mentioned in No. 32. One form of Turkish bath.
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

Location

Turkey--Kelkit

Longitude

40.18307

Latitude

39.221191

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bicycle touring -- Asia
Bathing -- Turkey -- Kelkit
Kelkit River (Turkey)