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Thomas Allen on his bicycle passing a cart on the road to Bukhoro, Uzbekistan, 1891

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Title: Thomas Allen on his bicycle passing a cart on the road to Bukhoro, Uzbekistan, 1891
Contributor: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date Created and/or Issued: 1891-11-02
November 2, 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 Thomas Allen on his Humber bicycle passing a cart on the road to Bukhoro (Bukhara).
Handwritten on negative: 5201 / 5
Text from negative sleeve: No. 9. Nov. 2, 1891. Passing a high 2-wheeled cart on the road to Bokhara. Wheels 8 feet in diameter. The cart for transporting heavy freight. No need of any bridges.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1841_0363
ark:/21198/zz002hfv06
Subject: Carts & wagons--Russian--Uzbekistan--Bukhoro
Bicycle touring--Asia
Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Source: Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

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