View of Bursa, Turkey, from an elevated window or balcony, 1895

Item Overview

Title

View of Bursa, Turkey, from an elevated window or balcony, 1895

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

1895

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

This photograph was most probably taken in 1895, when William Sachtleben was in Turkey to investigate the disappearance of cyclist Frank Lenz who had last been seen near Erzurum. Notes accompanying negatives indicate that during this trip, Sachtleben was in Bursa and travelled from Trabzon to Erzurum. Sachtleben's 1891 photographs of his bicycle tour across Asia have a circular format.
The handwritten list of images may be seen on the image with ark no. 21198/zz002hftdx
Captions from list: 5 & 6. Views from balcony of Girl's School. 3. & 4. Views from Crawford's place." [one of these captions probably corresponds to this image
View of Bursa with a terra cotta tiled roof and tree in the foreground and roof tops and cypress-type trees beyond. The photograph may be one of four referred to on William Sachtleben's handwritten list, taken from the balcony of a girls' school or the window of the home of someone with the last name of Crawford.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Turkey--Bursa

Resource type

still image