Thomas Allen on his bicycle passing a cart on the road to Bukhoro, Uzbekistan, 1891

Title: Thomas Allen on his bicycle passing a cart on the road to Bukhoro, Uzbekistan, 1891
Photographer: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created: November 2, 1891
Date: 1891-11-02
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Description: Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
Photograph of Thomas Allen on his Humber bicycle passing a cart on the road to Bukhoro (Bukhara).
Caption: Handwritten on negative: 5201 / 5
Text from negative sleeve: No. 9. Nov. 2, 1891. Passing a high 2-wheeled cart on the road to Bokhara. Wheels 8 feet in diameter. The cart for transporting heavy freight. No need of any bridges.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Location: Uzbekistan--Bukhoro
Longitude: 39.774769
Latitude: 64.425201
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Carts & wagons--Russian -- Uzbekistan -- Bukhoro
Bicycle touring -- Asia

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1841_0363
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hfv06
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Rights statement: public domain
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.