Unloading of camels from the ferry over the Syr Darya river, Chinaz, Uzbekistan, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Unloading of camels from the ferry over the Syr Darya river, Chinaz, Uzbekistan, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

November 19, 1891

Date

1891-11-19

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

Photograph of a crowd of people disembarking from the ferry that crosses the Syr Darya river at Chinaz, with 2 camels in the lead.
Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: No. 29. Nov. 19, 1891. Unloading camels from the ferry over the Syr Daria at Chinaz. A water ferry carries the ships of the desert.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Uzbekistan--Chinaz

Longitude

40.93634

Latitude

68.735962

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Camels -- Uzbekistan -- Chinaz
Rivers -- Uzbekistan
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Syr Darya
Ferries -- Russian -- Uzbekistan -- Chinaz