Who Knew WashU? 9.26.17

Question: Many alumni have explored the world after their time at Washington University. What did graduates Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben use to travel the world on a three-year post-graduation trip in the late 1800s?

bicycle trip photo
Alumni Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben took hundreds of circular, black-and-white photographs during their three-year bicycle trip from 1890-92 through Europe, Asia and North America. (Photo: UCLA Library Special Collections)

Answer: B) Allen and Sachtleben biked about 18,000 miles through Europe, Asia and North America, taking photos to document their experience.

Learn more about their adventures from University Libraries, which held a special exhibit of their photos in 2015-16.

Congrats to this week’s winner, Sabine Wyas, who works in the Department of Surgery and will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag! 

 

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