Cotton-ginning mill visited by William Sachtleben during his bicycle tour, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Cotton-ginning mill visited by William Sachtleben during his bicycle tour, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

November 1891 to December 1891

Date

1891-11/1891/12

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. 46. [undated: Dec. 1891]. A scene in a cotton-ginning mill in the neighborhood of Tashkent. The bales of cotton from the fields. The owner had studied the business in the U. S., and used American cotton gins.
Handwritten on negative: 5201 / 39 [?], 41

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Location

Uzbekistan--Tashkent

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Cotton industry -- Uzbekistan -- Tashkent
Bicycle touring -- Asia