Jacob L. Loose Collection

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Businessman and humanitarian Jacob Loose and his philanthropist wife Ella were frequent travelers. The collection is comprised of images from their early 20th century trips around the world, featuring views of locales as varied as Africa, Ceylon, India, Palestine, and numerous western European countries.

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Windsor Castle from the Meadows

A boy that is only a head taller than the wooden gate, leans his forearms on the top of the gate into the meadows around Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, and looks at the camera. Other people stand along the path leading across the meadow. On the left side of the photograph, a boy stands on a footbridge that crosses a marsh and pond. Other children stand between the path and the edge of the pond. On the other side of the meadow is a wood-rail fence and then a rock wall. A covered wagon sits just inside the fence. Across the top of the photograph, beyond the wall, above the meadow, houses and trees stands Windsor Castle on a hill. Printed in white ink across the bottom of the photograph, "Windsor Castle from the Meadows. 3384. J.V."

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Interior of St. Bartholomew's Priory Church

Interior of the nave of Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, looking east, in London, England. Benches and chairs face the center aisle of the nave. An open Bible sits on an elaborate stand in the aisle. There are three steps up to the Bible stand. A rug is rolled up on both ends to the steps on one side of the Bible stand and the stand on the other side. Arched openings line all of the walls around the nave. The tiled floors are in a checkered pattern. Printed in white ink in the bottom center of the photograph, "68. Bartholomew's Church, London. Looking E."

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Thames embankment

A steamer carries a load of people around the embankment of River Thames in London, England. Cleopatra's Needle is in the center left with a few people using the steps down to the water from the needle. The Waterloo Bridge is crossing the river on the center right of the photograph. The building of the city are in the background of the photograph. Printed in white ink along the bottom center of the photograph, "Thames Embankment, London. 5706. J.V."

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Gateway of the Bloody Tower

An Etching published by Mansell Hunt Catty & Co., titled "Gateway of the Bloody Tower". The gateway to the Bloody Tower is in the Tower of London in London, England [illustration]. The Etching shows a vine covered rock wall with a gateway through the wall. A wide doorway is in the center of the gateway to the right of the pathway through the gateway. A staircase can be seen through the gateway in an interior courtyard. A metal gate is pulled up to leave the gateway open but the bottom can be seen where the spikes would go down into the ground when the gate is closed. The pathway through the gateway is cobblestone. There are stone sidewalks on either side of the pathway. A small paned window is to the right of the gate and another window is in the upper right-hand corner in a stone tower. Printed across the bottom center in dark ink, "Gateway of the Bloody Tower." Printed in the lower left-hand corner in dark ink, "Mansell Hunt Catty & Co. Lo." A signature is among the hashmarks of the pathway in the lower left-hand corner, but it is illegible.

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Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens

A view of the Great Pagoda down a path in Kew Gardens from Richmond Hill in London, England. Sculpted trees line each side of the path. An ivy covered fence is in the foreground of the photograph. This photograph was possibly taken by Jacob Loose.

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Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square in London, England, with a view of Nelson's Column from across a fountain. A few people are enjoying the square. One of the lions that guards Nelson's Column is just behind the fountain in the center of the photograph. A double-decker carriage can be seen on the farthest right of the photograph. The Grand Hotel is the building on the left side of the column. The is the building on the right side of the column. Printed in white ink on the lower right, 'Trafalgar Square 3194 F.C.O.S."

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Wolsey Court of Hampton Court

Wolsey Court in Hampton Court Palace in London, England. The clock tower in the center left of the photograph contains an astronomical clock. On the right side of the photograph is the Baroque style great hall. On the left side of the photograph contains a Tudor style wing.

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Statue of Henri IV of France in Pau, France

A statue of Henry IV in Place Royale in Pau, France. Henry IV extends his right hand, palm up, out to his low right. He turns his head slightly to the right with a smile. With his left hand, he holds the handle of a sword that is in its sheath on his belt. The carving behind him at his feet is of sheaves of wheat and bunches of grapes with a plumed helmet of armor resting on top of the food. The plinth has "Raggi 1842" carved into it. The words carved on the base are, "Lou Nouste Henric. Henrico.Nostro, Pia.Nepotis.Augusti, Munificentia. Redivivo." The base at the ground has the date carved into it of M. DCCC. XLII." An iron fence surrounds the statue with an 'H' in the center of a wreath on each side of the fence. A gazebo in a park is behind the statue. Printed in white ink along the bottom, "4448. Pau. Statue of Henri Iv. L. L."

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Trossachs Hotel and Ben A'an

Trossachs Hotel nestled at the foothills of Ben A'an in Trossachs, Scotland. The castle-style hotel of Gothic and Baroque styles has three turrets with tall cone roofs at each end of the building and in the middle. Seven chimneys are visible above the roof. This is a three story building with an attic level of dormer windows. Above the main entrance is a sign that reads, "The Trossachs Hotel." In front the hotel is a pasture with mounds of hay here and there in the field. Behind the hotel a large, rocky mountain, BenA'an, fills the entire background of the photograph. Printed in white ink on the bottom center of the photograph, "The Trossachs Hotel and BenA'An. 10,187. G.W.W."

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Tomb of Louis de Brézé

Tomb of Louis de Brézé in Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France. The monument is supported by four columns of black marble with alabaster capitals and base. The effigy, lying covered in a sheet, is made of white marble. His facial features are convulsed as if just in death. He lies on a sarcophagus of black marble. The widow, Diana of Poitiers, mourns at the head. At his feet are the Virgin and Child which once was adorned with candles, figurines, and prayers. An inscription on the left of the monument reads: "O Louis de Brézé, ce tombeau a été construit Par Diane de Poitiers, désolée de la mort de son époux. Elle te fut inséparable et très fidèle épouse Autant elle le fut dans le lit conjugal autant elle le sera dans le tombeau." At the side of the monument are four caryatid crowned with flowers, the pair on the right representing prudence and glory, and the two on the left victory and faith. Between these cariatides is an equestrian statue in white marble of Louis de Brézé moving into action on his war-horse. An elaborately scrolled iron fence runs along the front of the tomb. A stained glass window fills the top of the photograph. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "117. Tombeau du Duc de Brézé (Cathédrale). N.D."

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Gros Horlage in Rouen, France

Gros Horloge, is an astronomical clock installed in a Renaissance arch crossing the Rue du Gros-Horloge, in Rouen, France. The façade represents a golden sun with 24 rays on a starry background. The phases of the moon are shown in the oculus of the upper part of the dial. The week days are shown in an opening at the base of the dial with allegorical subjects for each day of the week. A cobblestone street runs under the arch. To the right of the clock is the Fontaine du Gros Horloge leaning against the Gros-Horloge belfry, which is a stone relief carving of the love between the river god, Alpheus, and the nymph, Arethusa. A painted sign on the window below and to the right of the fountain reads, "Cafe Gros-Horlage." A man stands on the sidewalk between the archway and the fountain looking into a shop window. A sign on the corner post to the left of the archway reads, "Orfevrerie, Joaillerie, Horlogerie," [Goldsmithery, jewellery, watchmaking]. Printed in white ink across the bottom-center of the photograph, "243. Rouen. — La Grosse Horlage. ND Phot."

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White Tower

An Etching of the White Tower in the Tower of London in London, England [illustration]. A photograph of the Etching of the White Tower. A pathway leads through gardens on either side and up to the Norman architecture castle. The castle has three towers with onion domes topping off each tower. The illustration is signed on the bottom left-hand corner of the illustration, but it is not legible. Printed in dark ink below the illustration, "Mansell Hunt Catty & Co Lo." Printed in dark ink under the center of the photograph, "The White Tower, from S.E."

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St. John's Chapel in White Tower

An Etching of Chapel of St. John in the Tower of London in London, England [illustration]. A row of columns that support arches are placed in an arch to form and altar area at the top of the arch in the Romanesque chapel. A second story of arches allows more light into the nave below. The illustration is signed in the bottom left-hand corner. Printed in dark ink below the photograph in dark ink, "Mansell Hunt Catty & Co Lo." Printed in dark in at the bottom center, "Chapel of St John."

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Tower of Joan of Arc in Rouen, France

Joan of Arc Tower, the only remaining keep of Rouen Castle in Rouen, France, is a cylindrical tower with a conical roof that stands above a forested park. A stone wall surrounds the park. A sign on the stone wall reads, "Défense D'Afficher." The buildings of the city can be seen behind the tower. Written in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "159. Tour Jeanne d'Arc. N.D."

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Palais des Thermes

Cluny Baths [Thermes de Cluny; Palais des Thermes] in the National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris, France, consists of several columns and stone carvings in different states of ruin. Printed in white ink on the bottom left-hand corner, "Palais des Thermes, No 27." Embossed on the bottom left-hand corner in a circle, "Paul Robert, Paris." An embossment in a circle is on the bottom right-hand corner but is illegible.

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