Jacob L. Loose Collection

Description

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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Temple of Athena Nike

Temple of Athena Nike in Athens, Greece. It is faced by four Ionic columns and two columns back behind all in front of a large open room. Printed in white ink script on the bottom, left-hand corner, "23. Temple de la Victoire aptère, vue de voi." Printed in white in on the bottom, right-hand corner, "23."

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Loose's and friends take an elephant ride

Ella and Jacob Loose along with two unidentified people are seated on a saddle on an elephant in India. A driver straddles the elephant's neck by sitting on a blanket as he holds a hook. A helper stands on the ground by the elephant's front right foot and holds the ladder that allows riders to load and unload from the elephant's back. A rock wall and behind the group with trees beyond the wall. The elephant's tusk either has a cover over the tip or has been carved.

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Loose's and friends take an elephant ride

The Indian photographer turns to look at the photographer as he stands behind a camera on a tripod covered with a dark blanket. Four other Indian men stand about the yard the elephant stands in. Two stand still and look at the camera as the other two attend to the elephant and the people on the elephant. Ella and Jacob Loose along with two unidentified people are seated on a saddle on an elephant in India. A driver straddles the elephant's neck by sitting on a blanket as he holds a hook. A helper stands on the ground by the elephant's front right foot and holds the ladder that allows riders to load and unload from the elephant's back. A rock wall and behind the group with trees beyond the wall. The elephant's tusk either has a cover over the tip or has been carved.

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Night view of the volcano of Kilauea

A night view of an active volcano in Kilauea, Hilo, Hawaii. Stamped in white ink on the bottom, right-hand corner of the photograph, "Night view volcano of Kilauea, copyright 1912, by Chock Chong, Hilo Hawaii."

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View of the volcano of Kilauea

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Maddalena by Carlo Dolci

A photograph of the detail of a painting of Mary Magdalene looking up in wonder as painted by Carlo Dolci that is displayed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Printed along the bottom of the photograph, "2635a . Firenze - Galleria Uffizi - Particolare della Maddalena penitente, by Carlo Dolci (Edizioni Brogi).

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Venus

A photograph of the head of a sculpture of Venus as she looks over her right shoulder with her hair banded up. The sculpture resides in the Pitti Palace gallery in Florence, Italy. Printed along the bottom of the photograph, "9356. Firenze - Galleria Pitti - Particolare della Venere di Canova. (Edizioni Brogi)."

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Camel rider

An unidentified man from India is riding a camel along the street of Jaypur, India. Other Indian men walk along the street in front of the building with is one long two-story building with doorways and windows every so often. The building runs along the back of the entire photograph. One Indian man sits on a low shelf in front of another camel that is loaded with parcels.

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Relief of two women and a child holding a bird

Relief depicting a seated woman being handed a bird by child. Another woman is standing behind the child holding a box, Attique. Printed in white ink on the bottom, left-hand corner of the photograph, "722."

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Volcano in Hawaii

An active volcano on an island in Hawaii.

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Volcano in Hawaii

An active volcano on an island in Hawaii.

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Shoreline in Cadenabbia

The shoreline runs along the right side of the photographic encompassing porches and patios that extend from the houses or hotels that run along the shore in Cadenabbia. Italy. A couple boats are tied up by the patios.

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Sepulchral bull

The sepulchral bull and other miscellaneous funerary statuary ruins in Athens, Greece. Printed in white script on the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph, "57 Céramique." Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph, "57."

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Monument of Lysicrates

The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, Greece, sits in a courtyard with several buildings surrounding it.

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Grand fountain

The grand fountain in Pompeii, is decorated with mosaics of fish carrying tridents and birds carrying ribbons. Printed in the left-hand corner in the margin below the photograph, "1227 Pompei Gran fontana."

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