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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Hotel Cluny, National Museum of the Middle Ages

The brick street is empty outside the exterior of Musée de Cluny, in Paris, France. It is also known as Musée national du Moyen Âge – Thermes et hôtel de Cluny. (Hotel Cluny, National Museum of the Middle Ages – Cluny thermal baths and mansion).
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Casino in Biarritz, France

The exterior of the Casino Bellevue in Biarritz, Basque Country, France.
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Beach at Biarritz, France

Bathers enjoy the water and the beach at Port Vieux in Biarritz, Basque Country, France. Two people sit in a rowboat a bit away from the beach and the swimmers. A steep hill lines the beach on the left side of the photograph. A beach house lines the beach with steps up the center of the beach house to eventually lead to the town up above on the hills above the Bay of Biscay.
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Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes

Most pilgrims worshipping at Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, kneel to pray facing the opening of the grotto at the bottom of a mountain. A large statue of Mary above the entrance in Lourdes, France. One worshipper stands by a dispenser of the spring waters on the bottom left of the photograph. Crutches hang up the side of the mountain and the opening of the grotto. A fence prevents worshippers from entering the grotto.
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Hotel Europäischer Hof and Hotel Sendig

People walk or stand on the streets out in front of Hotel Europäischer Hof and Hotel Sendig in Dresden, Germany [German Empire]. Some windows on the first floor have awnings hanging over the sidewalks. A couple of horse-drawn trolleys run along the tracks set in the street to the left of the hotels. Horses pulling carriages wait outside the hotel. Several streetlights dot the sidewalks on either side of the streets. Two signs sitting on the top of the building read, "Hotel Europaeishcer Hof" and one sign over the doorway into the building reads, "Hotel Sendig Hotel."
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Avenue of the Vases

A boy sits on the pedestal of the vase on the right side of the opening to the Avenue of Vases. The opening to the avenue is flanked by large, decorative vase sculptures as its portal, looking toward the Summer Palace in the distance in the Great Garden in Dresden, Germany [German Empire]. A horse-drawn carriage is heading away from the photographer down the avenue toward the palace. Embossed in the bottom, left-hand corner, "R-Tamms, Dresden." Printed in white ink on the bottom, left-hand corner of the photograph, "17a; caption: "Dresden, Grosser Garten. Allee mit Vasen."
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Brühl's Terrace

A few people stand along the terrace with the waterway on the right side of the photograph at Brühl's Terrace, Dresden. Buildings line a cliff on the left side of the terrace. Boats are docked along the shore of the waterway. The Augustusbrücke bridge is visible on the back, right side of the photograph. Printed in white ink on the bottom, right-hand corner of the photograph, "10. Dresden, Kgl. Belvedère u.d. Brühl'sche Terrasse." Embossed in the bottom, right-hand corner, "R-Tamms, Dresden."
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View of Münich

A horse-drawn carriage exits a bridge over the river in Münich, Germany. The city's skyline is visible across the back of the photograph. Embossed on the lower left-hand corner, "Verlagsanstalt f.K. u W., Vorm. Bruckmann, München."
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Statue of Achilles

Statue of Achilles seated on a pedestal, leaning to one side and looking up to the sky with a confused face, in a sculpture garden in Corfu, Greece.
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Funerary monument relief in Salamine

Funerary relief niche of a seated woman surrounded by four standing men in Salamine, Greece. She shakes hands with the man farthest to the left. The man farthest to the right peeks around her left shoulder.
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Funerary monument in Athens

Funeral marble monument niche of the Procleides family in Keramikos, Athens. The family is depicted by Prokleides, the older man, in profile, seated on a chair on the right, bidding farewell to his son, Procles. Procles is depicted as a soldier holding a sword. He stands on the left opposite to his father, gazing at him. In the background Procles' mother, looking at the viewer, stands between them. Printed in stencil below the monument, "737."
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Funerary monument in Piraeus

Funeral relief of a woman seated, resting her hand on a box on her lap, surrounded by men standing around her chair. The man in the center is holding a baby. Printed in white ink on the bottom, right-hand corner, "819."
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Staircase of Brühlschen Terrace

horse-drawn carriages wait beside the street at the bottom of the Stairs to Brühl's Terrace in Dresden, Germany [German Empire]. People walk along the sidewalks and up and down the stairs. Statues rest on four pedestals at the bottom and the top and on either side of the stairs. Trolley tracks and a two-story building are on the left side of the photograph. A river is visible between the building and the staircase. Printed in white ink on the bottom, left-hand corner of the photograph, "9a. Dresden, Treppe der Brühlschen Terrasse." Embossed in the bottom, left-hand corner, "R-Tamms, Dresden."
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Propylaea temple ruins

One man stands at the entrance to the Propylaea Temple ruins in Athens, Greece. Printed in white ink in the bottom, right-hand corner, "21." Printed in white ink script on the bottom, left-hand corner of the photograph, "21. Propylées prises de face."
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Arch of Adrian and the Temple of Olympian Jupiter ruins

Arch of Adrian and Temple of Jupiter ruins, Olympian ruins. Printed in white ink script in the bottom, right-hand corner, "42. Arc d' Adrien et Temple de Jupiter Olympien."
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