Taking tea "a la Perse" with the Persian Consul, Erzurum, Turkey, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Taking tea "a la Perse" with the Persian Consul, Erzurum, Turkey, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

June 17, 1891

Date

1891-06-17

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

Text from negative sleeve: No. 55. June 17, 1891. Taking tea "a la Perse" with the Persian Consul in Erzeroum. Smoking cigarettes.
Handwritten on negative: 1602

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Turkey--Erzurum

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Consuls--Iranian -- Turkey -- Erzurum
Tea parties -- Turkey -- Erzurum
Bicycle touring -- Asia