William Sachtleben on a wooden bridge over the Karasu (Kara River), the western branch of the Euphrates River, Erzurum vicinity, Turkey, 1891

Title: William Sachtleben on a wooden bridge over the Karasu (Kara River), the western branch of the Euphrates River, Erzurum vicinity, Turkey, 1891
Photographer: Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Date Created: June 14, 1891
Date: 1891-06-14
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Description: Photograph of William Sachtleben on his Humber bicycle on a wooden bridge over the Karasu (Kara River), the western branch of the Euphrates River near Erzurum. This image appears to be a double-exposure.
Text from negative sleeve: No. 41. June 14, 1891. A bridge on the Trebizond-Erzeroum caravan route over the western branch of the historic Euphrates not very far from Erzeroum.
Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: 1602

Genre: multiple exposure
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Location: Turkey--Erzurum
Longitude: 39.910263
Latitude: 41.260529
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Bicycle touring -- Asia
Karasu (Turkey)
Bridges -- Turkey -- Erzurum

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1841_0253
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hfq6c
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Rights statement: public domain
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.