William Sachtleben oiling his bicycle along the road from Geyve to Beypazari, Turkey, 1891
Item Overview
- Title
- William Sachtleben oiling his bicycle along the road from Geyve to Beypazari, Turkey, 1891
- Photographer
- Allen, Thomas Gaskell
- Date Created
- April 8, 1891
- Date
- 1891-04-08
- 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 stopping to oil his Humber bicycle along the road from Geyve to Beypazari, with two men on horseback watching. One of the men 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. 23. April 8, 1891. Oiling up on the way-side in 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--Ankara İli
- Longitude
- 40.323514
- Latitude
- 31.124268
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Guards -- Turkey
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1841_0271
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hfqtp
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.