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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. Photograph of William Sachtleben stopping to oil his Humber bicycle along the road from Geyve to Beypazari, with two men on horseback watching. One of the men on horseback may by the mounted guard appointed by the authorities to protect Sachtleben and Thomas Allen on this portion of their journey (as recounted in their book, Across Asia on a bicycle). Text from negative sleeve: No. 23. April 8, 1891. Oiling up on the way-side in Asia Minor.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1841_0271 ark:/21198/zz002hfqtp
Subject
Guards--Turkey Bicycle touring--Asia Sachtleben, William Lewis
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