View down a street towards the minaret of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhoro, Uzbekistan, 1891

Item Overview

Title

View down a street towards the minaret of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhoro, Uzbekistan, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

November 3, 1891

Date

1891-11-03

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.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: 5201 / 11 [illegible no. crossed out]
Text from negative sleeve: No. 11. Nov. 3, 1891. The high tower of ancient Bokhara. A street and bazaars in the foreground. Showing the immense white turbans and the gay-colored dress of the handsome Bokhariots.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Po-i-Kalyan (Bukhoro, Uzbekistan)

Location

Uzbekistan--Bukhoro

Longitude

39.775433

Latitude

64.414419

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Streets -- Uzbekistan -- Bukhoro
Minarets -- Uzbekistan -- Bukhoro
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Bazaars -- Uzbekistan -- Bukhoro