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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Waterloo Boulevard in Brussels

People, mostly children, enjoy the outdoors along the Boulevard de Waterloo in Brussels, Belgium. A man holds a bicycle he stands beside in the center of the boulevard. A perambulator is on the right side of the photograph. People also stand among tall trees that are planted in rows in groves that line each side of the boulevard.

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Botanical Garden of Brussels

A photograph looking over lanes outlined by boxed bushes leading to the green house of the Botanical Garden of Brussels in Brussels, Belgium. A concrete fence is in the foreground. A tall building of the city is on the right side of the photograph.

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Church of St. Michael and St. Gudula

The street and steps leading up to the two towers in the Gothic-style on the western façade of the Church of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels, Belgium. A few people are on the steps leading up to the doors. A man sits on a self-propelled cart at the bottom of the steps. Printed in white ink in the margin below the photograph, "O. — Bruxelles. — Sainte Gudule. . (L.P., phot)."

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Sarcophagus of Napoleon I

The tomb of Napoleon I in the dome of the National Residence of the Invalids (Hôtel des Invalides) in Paris, France, contains his sarcophagus of quartzite resting on a granite base. Two of the sculpted marble angels are seen in the photograph, each standing by a column surrounding the sarcophagus that support the dome. A vase between each column holds flags. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "39. PARIS. - (Hôtel des Invalides). Le Tombeau de Napoléon 1er. X. Phot."

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Concorde Plaza

Panorama of the Place de la Concorde, viewed across the Champs-Élysées from the Chamber of Deputies. As people walk on the sidewalks on either side of the bridge across the Champs-Élysées, horse-drawn wagons heavily laden with goods cross the bridge on the road. A sign at the end of the bridge reads, "Chêne Préhistorique." Barges line the far wall of the Champs-Élysées. Streetlamps, placed on the wall ledges between the sidewalk and river, line each side of the bridge. The plaza, with an obelisk in the center, is in front of two identical buildings of Neoclassical architecture. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "40 PARIS. Panorama de la Place de la Concorde. Vue prise de la Chambre des Députés. X. Phot."

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City hall of the first district of Paris and the Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois

City hall of the first district of Paris and the Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois and surrounding skyline in Paris, France. The campanile stands between the two structures. People enjoy the shade of the two groves of trees in front of the two buildings with a paved plaza in front and between the groves of trees. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "PARIS. __ La Marie du 1er Arrondissement et l'Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. X. Phot."

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Halle Gate

Halle Gate, is a medieval city gate in Brussels, Belgium, built in the neo-Gothic style. A cylindrical fortified tower is attached to a horseshoe shaped building and roofed with steep angles. A cobblestone plaza is in the forefront of the photograph. Printed in white ink in the margin below the photograph, "14. — Bruxelles. — Porte de Hall. (L.P., phot.)"

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Trocadéro palace

The Trocadéro Palace in the center of the photograph, is based on Moorish architecture, and is in Paris, France. In front of the palace are a rectangular pool and a half-circle pond connected by a stair-step water fall and outlined by fountains. The half-circle pond matches the curve of the palaces exterior. A statue of a rhinoceros is on the right side of the pool. A statue of a elephant is on the left side of the pool. Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner, "96, PARIS _ Trocadéro."

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Arc de Triomphe

A panoramic photograph of the Triumphal Arch of the Star [Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile] in Paris, France, with a view of the sculptures of Le Départ de 1792 (La Marseillaise) and Le Triomphe de 1810. People walk, ride horses, ride on horse-drawn carriages, or load horse-drawn busses along the road around the arch. A few people walk on the plaza under the arch. The trees and city that surround the arch are visible in the background. Printed in white ink on the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph, "90, PARIS _ Arc de Triomphe."

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Opera house

The plaza in front of Palais Garnier [Opéra Garnier; Opéra de Paris], the opera house in Paris, France , is full of people walking in all directions, and horse-drawn carriages, and even a double-decker, horse-drawn bus. A streetlamp sits on a pad in the center of the road in front of the left side of the opera house. A man walking on the plaza on the right side of the photograph carries an orchard ladder. The opera house is in the center back of the photograph. Matching buildings stand on the left and right sides of the photograph. Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph, "105, Paris _ Opéra."

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Vegetable merchants sell their wares from a cart pulled by a dog

Two women street merchants stand at either end of a two-wheeled car full of vegetables with dog pulling the cart in Belgium. The street is made of cobblestone running between the buildings with all windows shuttered. Printed in white ink in the margin below the photograph, "41. — Belgique. — Merchande de Légumes. (L.P., Phot)."

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Skyline view of Antwerp

A panoramic view of the city of Antwerp, Belgium, with ships on the river in the background. Printed in white ink in the margin below the photograph, "1. — Anders. — Vue Générale. (L.P., phot.)"

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Panoramic view of San Sebastian, Spain

Panorama of the Beach of La Concha in San Sebastián [Donostia], Basque Country, Spain. The view includes the coastline, the beach full of travel trailers and people, a sidewalk with people walking and carrying their goods on their heads and lined by tropical trees, and the city curving along the coastline. In the foreground is a cylindrical building with a hexagonal roof. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "256 San-Sebastian. - Vista General de la Concha. ND Fot."

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View of the castle of Jurançon across the Ousse river

Pau Castle in Pau France, viewed from Jurançon, France, across the Gave de Pau river.

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Pulpit at the church of St. Andrew in Antwerp

The pulpit of Church of St. Andrew in Antwerp, Belgium, is an elaborately sculpted pulpit with a support column as its base. It's a complete sculpture that can be viewed from all sides. It tells the story of how Jesus Christ asked fisherman Andrew to leave his nets behind and become an apostle at the floor level. Angels place a cross and drapery on the second level, with trees branches behind them. Printed in white ink in the margin below the photograph, "No 36 Anvers. — La Chaire à l'Égl. St. André G.H."

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