William Sachtleben on the road through the mountain pass between Geyve and "Darakler" (Tarakli?), Turkey, 1891

Item Overview

Title

William Sachtleben on the road through the mountain pass between Geyve and "Darakler" (Tarakli?), Turkey, 1891

Photographer

Allen, Thomas Gaskell

Date Created

April 7, 1891

Date

1891-04-07

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 walking his Humber bicycle on the road crossing the mountain range between Geyve and "Darakler" [Tarakli?], on the way to Torbali. A man on horseback is on the road behind Sachtleben and 2 carts are visible in the distance. The man on horseback may by the mounted guard appointed by the authorities to protect Sachtleben and Thomas Allen on this portion of their journey (as recounted in their book, Across Asia on a bicycle).

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: No. 11. April 7, 1891. Crossing the mountain range between Geiveh and Darakler on the road to Torbali. A splendid road for Asia Minor.

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--Sakarya İli

Longitude

40.442767

Latitude

30.377197

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Guards -- Turkey
Bicycle touring -- Asia