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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Rydal Water in the mountains

The marshy shoreline of a lake named, Rydal Water, at the foot of a mountain in the Lake District of England. A mountain fills the photograph on the right. The lake fills the center of the photograph. Trees on the shoreline are on the left side of the photograph. Printed in the bottom left-hand corner, "H. Bett."
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Beauchamp Tower

An Etching of the Beauchamp Tower in the Tower of London in London, England [illustration]. The illustration shows five arched openings into a chamber with wood beams supporting the ceiling. Two of the arched openings have pained windows. The chamber is possibly a hexagonal shape. Graffiti is shown carved onto the stone pillar on the right side of the photograph. The illustration is signed in the bottom left-hand corner. Printed below the illustration in dark ink, "Mansell Hunt Catty & Co Lo." Printed in dark ink in the bottom center margin, "The Beauchamp Tower."
Type: Image
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Eagle statue

A profile photograph of an eagle statue, from the left side, symbolizing St. John, originally atop the tower of the former Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. The statue is in the National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris, France. Th eagle is outdoors. A fence and a tree trunk are visible behind him.
Type: Image
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Tomb of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise

Tomb of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise and cenotaph of Georges II in Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France. The alabaster tomb depicts Cardinal Georges d'Amboise and Georges II kneeling. The monument is profusely carved and includes Virtues, Saints, Apostles, a prominent relief of St George and the Dragon, and others with Italianate candelabra, swags and grotesques. An iron fence runs along the floor in front of the tomb. Printed in white along the bottom of the photograph, "114. Tombeaux des Cardinaux D'Amboise (Cathédrale)."
Type: Image
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Hotel de Bourgtheroulde

Hotel de Bourgtheroulde in Rouen, France, is a stone mansion of Gothic architecture. The staircase up to an entrance is on the left side of the photograph. A three story tower with arched windows on every level and an attack on the top, has a gabled roof with ornamentation added at make a sort of steeple. The three story hotel is then in the center of the photograph with the ornamentation from the roof of the tower repeated above the third story windows. There is a cobblestone drive in the front of the photograph leading all the way up to the very edge of the hotel. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "Hotel Bourgtheroulde."
Type: Image
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Francis I Gallery in the Fontainebleau Palace

The gallery of Francis I in the Palace of Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, France, has a chair every so often on either side of the long, narrow room with windows on one side, a parquet floor, and carved walls in the Renaissance architectural style. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "172. Palais de Fontainebleau. Galerie Françoise 1er. X. Phot."
Type: Image
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Farewell courtyard façade at the Fontainebleau Palace

The façade of the Court of Farewells at the Palace of Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, France, centers on a horseshoe staircase up to the Renaissance-style palace. A low wall with street lights at both ends divides the courtyard from the carriage drive. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "169. Palais de Fontainebleau. Façade dé la Cour des Adieux. X. Phot."
Type: Image
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St. Maclou

A view of the Gothic-style Church of Saint-Maclou in Rouen, France, from Place Barthélémy. This view is the west façade in which a rose window opens behind one of the gables above a bay. In front of this façade opens a porch with five bays arranged in an arc, surmounted by openwork gables. The three central bays house three portals, two of which are decorated with carved wooden doors. A combination bell tower and lantern tower rises high above the western façade. A covered cart is parked on the left side of the cobblestone street, Place Barthélémy. Four-story buildings are on either side of the lane. The shops of hatter, Prince Eugene, is on both sides of the lane with some goods displayed on the sidewalk. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "l'Église Saint-Maclou."
Type: Image
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Napoleon's bedroom in the Fontainebleau Palace

Bedroom of Napoleon I in the Palace of Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, France. A parquet floor leads to a sculpted and gilded bed with a floor to ceiling canopy flanked on each corner by columns with pedestals representing the figures of nobility, glory, abundance and justice. The doors and paneled wainscoting are ornately gilded with emblems of victories. An ornate desk sits in the corner to the right of the bed. On the farthest right in the photograph a chair and footstool sits on either side of a fireplace with a carved, marble mantel an arched mirror from the mantel to the ceiling. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "267. Palais de Fontainebleau. - Chambre à coucher de Napoléon 1er. X. Phot."
Type: Image
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Saint Ouen Abbey

Church of Saint-Ouen in Rouen, France, facing northeast. The Neo-Gothic-style of the West front is surmounted by two spire-towers with a rose window in between. The two towers stand over three bays surmounted by openwork gables, of which the two bays on the sides have another bay opening to the north and south. The central crossing is surmounted by an lantern-style tower in the flamboyant style. The church is surrounded by a metal fence. Two people, one seated, one standing, are just inside the gate of the fence. The church is surround by large lawns and a few streetlights along a path. Tree tops are in the foreground of the photograph. Printed in white ink along the bottom center of the photograph, "121. Eglise Saint-Ouen. N.D."
Type: Image
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West portal of the Rouen Cathedral

A panoramic view of the west portal, showing Tower Saint-Romain (left) and Tower Beurre (right), of the Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France. The three bays of the portals are surmounted by openwork gables. The center gable comes in front of a rose-shaped stained-glass window. A lantern-style tower in the flamboyant style with a conical roof completes the corner of the church on the left side of the photograph. The High Gothic-style church is surrounded by a sort of fence line of cones installed in the ground at intervals in a half circle around the entrance. The Gothic-style church has Printed in white ink along the bottom, "104. Grand Portail de la Cathédrale. N.D."
Type: Image
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Francis I Salon in the Fontainebleau Palace

Francis I Salon in the Palace of Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, France, is a room decorated in the Renaissance style with parquet floors, carved mantlepiece, and chandeliers. There is little furniture other than a few chairs along the walls and a round table in the center of the room. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "177. Palais de Fontainebleau. Le Salon François 1er."
Type: Image
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Palace of Justice in Rouen, France

The courtyard surrounded by the Gothic-style building of the Palace of Justice in Rouen, France. A long staircase begins in the courtyard with the rounded base of the bottom steps up between the railings to the pointed archway door. Two stories of windows, each column of windows topped with an ornate tower at the roofline. A full tower completes the building on the left side of the photograph. The wing to the left of the courtyard façade is original Gothic. It features pinnacles, gargoyles and a railing at the base of the roof.
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Queen Mother's reception room

Queen Mothers' reception room in the Palace of Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, France, is a Renaissance-style room of parquet floors, chandeliers, and walls covered with tapestries. It has a gilded and sculpted ceiling divided into seven compartments. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "229. Palais de Fontainebleau. Salon de Réception des Reines Mères. X. Phot."
Type: Image
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Gallery of Henry II in the Palace of Fontainebleau

Gallery of Henry II in the Palace of Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, France, built in Renaissance style, shows a fireplace in the arched end wall with a door on either side of the mantel area. The sections of the wall are painted with murals. Each window on the right side of the photograph, and entryway on the left side of the photograph is arched with a floor-to-ceiling opening. Handwritten in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "212. Palais de Fontainebleau. Galerie Henri II. X. Phot."
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