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William Sachtleben next to Trans-Bosphorus Railway tracks en route from Istanbul to İzmit, Turkey, 1891

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Title: William Sachtleben next to Trans-Bosphorus Railway tracks en route from Istanbul to İzmit, Turkey, 1891
Date Created and/or Issued: 1891-04-04
April 4, 1891
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
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 with his Humber bicycle next to the tracks of the Trans-Bosphorus Railway on the route from Istanbul to İzmit. A hill with buildings is visible in the distance.
Handwritten on negative: 668a
Text from negative sleeve: No. 4. April 4, 1891. Scene on the Constantinople-Ismid railway
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1841_0353
ark:/21198/zz002hftnj
Subject: Bicycle touring--Asia
Railroad tracks--Turkey
Sachtleben, William Lewis
Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Source: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

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