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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Panoramic view of Brussels, Belgium

Panorama of city, showing the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart [Koekelberg Basilica], and the Palace of Justice in the background in Brussels, Belgium. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "201 Bruxelles. — Vue Générale ND Phot."
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Rock castle in Antwerp

Het Steen [The rock] in Antwerp, Belgium, is a medieval fortress made of stone with a bridge that once crossed a moat, many towers with conical roofs, one tower with a parapet on top, and many embrasures of different shapes and sizes in the walls. Printed in white ink in the bottom margin below the photograph, "No 140 Anvers. — l'Ancien Bourg du Steen G.H. Phot."
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Henry IV's bedroom in Pau castle

The bedroom of Henry IV in Pau Castle in Pau, France, has a bed with a large frame, tapestries on the walls, and a chandelier in the center of the room over a round table. Chairs line the walls.
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Calvary of St. Paul's Church in Antwerp

The Calvary of St. Paul's Church in Antwerp, Belgium, is sculpted into the side of rock among the columns of the church and consists of an elevated artificial rock, divided into three terraces, on which statues are placed with Christ on the cross at the top. There are four archways in a column with a different moment in Jesus Christ's crucifixion in and around each archway. Printed in white ink in the margin below the photograph, "No 38 Anvers. — Le Calvaire à l'Église St. Paul."
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Statue of Peter Paul Rubens in front of Cathedral of Our Lady

Statue of Peter Paul Rubens with the Cathedral of Our Lady [Cathédrale Notre Dame d'Anvers] in the background in Antwerp, Belgium. The pedestal of the statue reads, "Petro Paulo Rubens, Civi Olim Suo, S.P.Q.A., Sumptib. Publ. et Priv. P. MDCCCXXXX."
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Palace of Justice in Brussels, Belgium

Law Courts of Brussels [Justitiepaleis van Brussel; Brussels Palace of Justice], in Brussels, Belgium, is a Greco-Roman style building. This photograph is a view over the rooftops of the surrounding buildings which are dwarfed by the Palace of Justice.
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Wrangel fountain

Wrangel Fountain (at its old location, Kemperplatz), with views down Victory Boulevard to the Victory Column (at its old location), in Berlin, Germany [German Empire]. The bottom level of the fountain has four people seated with their backs to the pedestal emptying water jars into the pool. Standing above the middle level are four children standing with their backs to the pedestal. The top of the fountain is out of the photograph. Printed in white ink in the bottom right hand corner of the photograph, "10332. Berlin; Wrangelbrunnen." Embossed on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph, "Frith's Series."
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Brandenburg Gate

Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam, Germany [German Empire], is a large, sculpted, concrete structure with three arched gateways at the base, the middle gate is the tallest and widest, and statues of soldiers and flags across the top. There is a streetlight standing between each gate opening. The Roman numerals "MDCCLXX" are carved above the central gateway. The gate is attached to one-story buildings on either side. A steeple-type structure is visible through the center gate at the end of a foggy street with buildings on each side of the street. In white ink toward the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph is, "PA2."
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Footbridge and the Eugénie church in Biarritz, France

A man dressed in a suit and a top hat stands on the seaside promenade beside Sainte-Eugénie Church in Biarritz, Basque Country, France. A footbridge crosses from the promenade to some rustic and rocky seaside cliffs. A few homes sit atop the hills above the sea in the background of the photograph.
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Rock of the Blessed Virgin

Rock of the Blessed Virgin in Biarritz, Basque Country, France, has a tunnel under the rock where the shadows of two women sitting on a bench on the left side of the tunnel are sitting in the shade. A statue of Mary surrounded by a fence, is on the top of the rock. There is a footbridge extending out of the tunnel, over a waterway, to the cliffs on the left side of the photograph. A building with arched windows sits on top of the cliffs. The bay is seen in the lower left-hand corner of the photograph.
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Mausoleaums of Friedrich Wilhelm III and Queen Louise

The mausoleums of Friedrich Wilhelm III and Queen Louise lie in the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, Germany [German Empire]. Each mausoleum has a sculpture of the person inside lying in a state of sleep across the lid of the mausoleum. There is a sculpted column on either side of the mausoleums. Dark marble floor-to-ceiling columns are visible behind the mausoleums.
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Port des Pêcheurs

The fishing port in Biarritz, Basque Country, France, has one-story shacks with multiple doors along the shore walls and fishing boats on the land behind the shacks. There are several rock outcrops in the harbor. The city is seen in the background of the photograph. A few men and women stand on a cliff-type edge of the water in the center of the photograph.
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Seville, Spain, from across the Triana bridge

Panoramic view of Seville, Spain, from across the Triana bridge over the Guadalquivir River, Andalusia, Spain. Ships line the docks between the bridge and Seville. A few people are crossing the bridge. A large church is in the background on the left side of the photograph.
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Entrance to Pau castle

The entrance to Pau Castle in Pau, France, has a footbridge over a most lined by a thick row of bushes. A row of triple arches forms the gateway into the courtyard of the castle.
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View of Lourdes, France

The Sanctuary Notre Dame de Lourdes, Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, dominates the skyline of the panoramic photograph of the city of Lourdes, France at the foot of the Pyrenees mountains with a view from across the Ousse river. Flat farmland is in the foreground of the photograph.
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