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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr. View of Thomas Allen on his Humber bicycle in front of the Column of Constantine (Burnt Column). The bicycle of the photographer, Willism Sachtleben, is parked in the foreground. The Atik Ali Pasha Mosque (Gazi Atik Ali Paşa Camii) is visible in the background. The Column of Constantine is located on Yeniçeriler Caddesi in central Istanbul, along the old Divan Yolu (the 'Road to the Imperial Council') between Sultanahmet and Beyazıt Square (known as Forum Tauri in the Roman period.) Text from negative sleeve: No. 19. March 21, 1891. The burnt column in Stanbul. Some of Roman remains. Handwritten on negative: 105 / 22
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1841_0027 ark:/21198/zz002hfff4
Subject
Columns--Turkey--Istanbul Bicycle touring--Asia Column of Constantine (Istanbul, Turkey) Allen, Thomas Gaskell
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