William Sachtleben and others in front of the Buruciye Medresesi, Sivas, Turkey, 1891

Title: William Sachtleben and others in front of the Buruciye Medresesi, Sivas, Turkey, 1891
Date Created: April 30, 1891
Date: 1891-04-30
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 William Sachtleben and 3 others in front of the Buruciye Medresesi (also known as Şifaiye Medresesi; located in a plaza on Osman Pasa Cd. near Sirer Cd.).
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: No. 62. April 30, 1891. An interior view of the old Medresseh, "Hadji Messoot" = happy pilgrim, 670th yr. of Hegira in Sivas. A religious college once on a time.
Handwritten on negative: 1028 / 3

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Buruciye Medresesi (Sivas, Turkey)
Location: Turkey--Sivas
Longitude: 39.749005
Latitude: 37.014849
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Madrasahs -- Turkey -- Sivas
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Architecture, Seljuk -- Turkey -- Sivas
Medical education -- Turkey -- Sivas

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1841_0074
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hfh2d
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Rights statement: public domain
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.