William Sachtleben on his bicycle approaching Ankara, Turkey, 1891
Item Overview
- Title
- William Sachtleben on his bicycle approaching Ankara, Turkey, 1891
- Photographer
- Allen, Thomas Gaskell
- Date Created
- April 12, 1891
- Date
- 1891-04-12
- 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 on his Humber bicycle next to a horseman with the city of Ankara in the distance. A third person is just visible beyond the front wheel of Sachtleben's bicycle. 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. 45. April 12, 1891. A general view of Angora.
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
- Longitude
- 39.935013
- Latitude
- 32.752991
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Horses -- Turkey
Guards -- Turkey
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1841_0281
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hfr5b
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.