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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Pilgrims

Pilgrimage group at an unidentified location in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. Part of the group sit on the ground, and benches, or stand in rows outside a building. Others look at the camera from the open windows and doors of the building. Two urns sit on the ground in front of the group. Many are smoking cigars. Embossed in the lower left -hand corner, "Apothecaries Co Ltd, Photographers, Colombo, Ceylon."
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Buttermere Lake and environs in the Lake District, England

A man stands holding a gate that crosses the road halfway open as two-wheeled cart waits to pass through the gate at Buttermere Lake and environs in the Lake District, England. A tall rock wall lines the road before the gate and changes to a wooden fence beyond the gate. On the right side of the photograph is Buttermere Lake. The lake is completely surrounded by mountains. Between the road and the lake and a forest. Printed in white ink on the bottom right-center, "322. B. Buttemere A.P." Embossed on the lower right-hand corner, "Pettitt S Series -o- Keswick."
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Buttermere Lake in the Lake District, England

Buttermere Lake from the rocky shoreline and its environs in the Lake District of England. Across the lake is a row of trees with a mountain range behind the trees. It is a cloudy day. Printed in white ink on the bottom right-center, "317. Buttermere. A.P." Embossed on the lower right-hand corner, "Pettitt S Series -o- Keswick."
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Grasmere

Panorama of the village Grasmere in the Lake District of England. From the perspective of a hill overlooking Lake Grasmere, the village of Grasmere can be seen across the lake between the lake and a mountain range in the background. In the foreground is an unpaved road with a rock wall lining the road between the road and the lake. Running along the top of the rock wall is a railing-type fence. There is a line of trees between the lake and the road. An island is in the middle of the lake and the photograph. Printed below the lower left-hand corner of the photograph in the margin, "Herbert Bell, Ambleside." Printed on the center margin below the photograph, "Grasmere." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Head of Windermere

The head of Windermere (lake) and environs in the Lake District of England. Looking over some bushes at the lake with a forest and a mountain range in the background. Printed below the lower left-hand corner of the photograph in the margin, "Herbert Bell, Ambleside." Printed on the center margin below the photograph, "The Head of Windermere." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Friar's Crag at Derwentwater

Friar's Crag at Derwentwater (lake) in the Lake District of England. From a shore by the lake is an outcropping with trees on it with a mountain range in the background. Buildings are on the shore at the foot of the mountains. Another outcropping is on the right center of the photograph. Printed below the lower left-hand corner of the photograph in the margin, "Herbert Bell, Ambleside." Printed on the center margin below the photograph, "Friar's Crag. Derwentwater." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Keswick

Panorama of Keswick, a village nestled in a valley surrounded by a mountain range in the Lake District of England. Dertwentwater (lake) can be seen in the background in the upper left-hand corner of the photograph. Printed below the lower left-hand corner of the photograph in the margin, "Herbert Bell, Ambleside." Printed on the center margin below the photograph, "Keswick." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Old England Hotel at Bowness-on-Windermere, England

Outdoor view of the Old England Hotel from Lake Windermere in Bowness-on-Windermere, England. Rowing boats line the two docks that extend out from the shore. Small buildings that look like houses, with signs hung on each, stand in a row at the shore. A rock wall is behind the small buildings. A view of a bit of the town is above the small buildings on the left side of the photograph. The hotel extends from the center of the photograph to nearly the left hand side with many rooflines and gables. A sign hangs under the fourth story windows of the section on the left that reads, "OLD ENGLAND HOTEL." This section of the hotel is covered in ivy. Printed in white in on the bottom right-hand corner, "622. Old England Hotel. Windermere. A.P." Embossed on the bottom right-hand corner, "Pettitt's Series of Keswick."
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Rydal and Wansfell

Rydal (lake) and environs with Wansfell (mountain range) as backdrop in the Lake District of England. On the right center of the photograph at the edge of Rydal is a boathouse. There are three islands in the lake but two are merely rocky outcrops. Printed in white ink on the bottom left-hand corner, "98[g]. Rydal and Wansfell.A.P." Embossed on the lower right-hand corner, "Pettitt S Series -o- Keswick."
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Ambleside, England

Panorama of the village of Ambleside in the Lake District of England nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains. Some divided lands for farm surround the village. The tallest structure is a church tower in the center of the photograph. Printed below the lower left-hand corner of the photograph in the margin, "Herbert Bell, Ambleside." Printed on the center margin below the photograph, "Ambleside." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Helvellyn and Thirlmere

Thirlmere (lake) and environs with Helvellyn (mountain) as backdrop in the Lake District of England. Trees line all of the shores of the lake. Printed below the lower left-hand corner of the photograph in the margin, "Herbert Bell, Ambleside." Printed on the center margin below the photograph, "Helvellyn and Thirlmere." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Stock Ghyll Force

Stock Ghyll Force is a waterfall that cuts down the cliff of a mountain in the Lake District near Ambleside in England. Printed below the lower left-hand corner of the photograph in the margin, "Herbert Bell, Ambleside." Printed on the center margin below the photograph, "Stock Ghyll Force." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Chief of Kandy and his family in Sri Lanka

A Kandian chief and family are wearing traditional clothing and jewelry as they sit or stand in a room in Kandy, Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. He is the only male in the family. They all look somberly at the camera. Embossed on the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph, "Apothecaries Co Ltd, Photographers, Colombo, Ceylon." Printed in white ink on the bottom left-hand corner, "Kandian Chief and Family No 246." Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner, "C. A. Co. Ltd."
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Bishop Lloyd's house

Bishop Lloyd's House, 41 Watergate Street, and 51/53 Watergate Row in Chester, England. The Tudor building has the appearance of two houses, each under a gable, with three stories, and an attic in each gable. At the street level the east (left) house has a stone staircase with a wrought iron railing. The house is built on two stone medieval undercrofts with timber framing above. Its first floor incorporates a section of the Chester Rows. At the row level is an oak handrail on balusters, behind which is a shop front. The brackets supporting the story above are carved. On the outside, between the beam over the row and the windows above are ten square panels. The windows are divided into three bays by oak pilasters carved in Jacobean style, and further divided in each bay by two mullions and two transoms making a total of 27. Above the windows is a plaster band and in the attic is a three-light window surrounded by more square panels. The bargeboards have carved cornices with an ornate post between them.
An elevated covered walkway with the fronts of premises on the right where two people stand at this railing. And posts and railings overlooking the street on the left.
The ground level of the west house includes a shop with a central entrance. On each side are two piers and an 18-light bow window. At the row level is a wooden balustrade, and brackets with carvings similar to the east house. Above this level are eight recessed carved panels. To the right are another three panels, two of which contain carvings of biblical scenes. In the story above are four oak pilasters dividing the windows into three bays, with two mullions and a transom further separating the windows - of which there is a total of 18. Above the windows is a carved beam and over this are ten arched panels which contain carvings. In the attic is a three-light window to each side of which are three panels containing carvings, and above the window are three plain panels. Again the bargeboards are carved with a post between them. One business at the row level is J. Griffith & Son. At the street level is a doorway into warehouse that reads above the doorway, "Hassall-Foulkes, D. Cise Duty Free Warehouse." A painted sign placed above the beam over the row says, "Bishop Lloyd's Palace."
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Clovelly Harbor

A view of the harbor in Clovelly, England includes sailing boats and row boats lined up by the shore and the rock sea wall. Sitting on the seawall on the left center of the photograph is a person with a canvas on an easel under a dark umbrella. Behind the painter and up another rock wall is the Red Lion Hotel. Several men sit or stand on the top of the wall outside of the hotel. In the center of the photograph a cobblestone lane turns up toward the upper left-hand corner of the photograph. Several homes are on either side of the lane that climbs up the forested mountainside. Printed in white ink on the bottom left-hand corner, "24773."
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