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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LaBudde Special Collections
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Ella Loose visiting the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in

The Great Buddha of the Buddhist temple, Kōtoku-in, in the Kanagawa-ken prefecture, Kamakura-shi, Japan. The Great Buddha sits on a large pedestal atop two staircases. A brick path leads up to the first staircase. A woman, possibly Ella Loose, looks diminutive standing at the top of the second staircase before the pedestal. A shack is on the center, right side of the photograph. Trees surround the sides and back of the Great Buddha.
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Building with women inside and in front of the structure

Unidentified women stand outside an elaborate building in, possibly, Singapore, wearing traditional dress. One woman sits on a rickshaw with the rickshaw driver holding up the poles with which he is to pull the rickshaw. A dog lies in the center of the drive among all of the women. More women lean on a railing and look out of an open, sliding floor-to-ceiling window on the second story of the building. Evergreen trees stand in the yard.
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Itsukushima Shrine

The Itsukushima Shrine is a Ryōbu-style torii. It is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima. The shrine stands in water that is surrounded by mountains.
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Bridge across a stream with a view of Romsdalshorn

A bridge across a stream with a view of the valley beyond and the mountain Romsdalshorn in the alps near Romsdalen, Norway. The lane that emerges from the bridge beyond the water is lined by rock walls.
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Romsdalhornet from across a lake

A view of the mountain, Ramsdalhornet, from across a lake. A village is on the other side of the lake between a mountain and the water. Trees line the lake. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "Romsdal Horn Near Naes, 9293 J.V."
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Fleischers hotel

Fleischer's hotel in Voss, Norway in the Vossevangen municipality, stands at the foot of a mountain. A few homes and buildings stand near the Swiss-style hotel. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "8838. Fleischers Hotel, Vossevangen.K. Knudsen. Bergen."
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Tyssestrengene waterfalls

The Tyssestrengene waterfalls from a mountain plateau and down between a few mountains in the Odde harbor. Printed in white ink below the photograph, "8080. Tyssestrengen, Odde, Hardanger. K. Knudsen. Bergen."
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Sun reflected across North Cape

Midnight sun reflected across the water off North Cape by Norway.
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Village in Vossevangen, Norway

A panoramic view of the village in Vossevangen, the lake of Vangsvatnet, and the mountains around them. Printed in white ink along the bottom of the photograph, "Voassevangen. 9238. J.V."
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People stand on the beach by a dead whale

Six villagers, men, women, and a boy, stand on beach in front the belly of a dead Blue Whale. The fishing village is behind them with a bridge across a body of water. Hills rise behind the village. A long chain extends along the beach from the whale to the bottom of the photograph. Handwritten in black in in the bottom, right-hand corner, [possibly] "MG" or "MC."
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Bergen from Fløyfjellet viewpoint at the top of Mount Fløyen

Panoramic view over the city of Bergen and the Norwegian Sea from the Fløyfjellet viewpoint at the top of Mount Fløyen, Norway. Printed in white ink on the bottom, left-hand corner of the photograph, "1757. Bergen, Fra Fløifjeldet."
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Russian marina in Rybinsk

The marina in Rybinsk is filled, shore to shore, with ships. The city is visible across the river. The city is most full down by the water and continues up to the top of the hill. Warehouses line the shore along the bottom of the photograph.
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Crowded main road in Rybinsk

The harbor of Rybinsk on the right side of the photograph with two bridges crossing the water. An onion-dome roof is visible in the bottom, center of the photograph. The city of Rybinsk on the left side of the photograph. And a main street filling the complete center of the photograph ending at the Transfiguration cathedral at the top of the photograph. The road is filled with carts, carriages, and horses. People fill ethe sidewalks. A streetcar runs up the street on the right side. Street lights and electricity poles line both sides of the road. Warehouses line the left side of the street.
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Sun looks like a ball in the sky as the light reflects over North Cape Horn

The sun looks like a ball in the sky with the light reflected over North Cape Horn in a straight line between two ships in a photograph taken at midnight. A mountain rises out of the water on the left side of the photograph. Printed in white ink across the bottom of the photograph, "Nordkaphorn (Midnatsfotografi) K. Knudsen. Bergen."
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Woman riding a carriage by Hardanger fjord

Photograph from the side of a woman riding a horse-drawn carriage that is stopped for a moment by Hardanger fjord, Odda harbor in Norway. A ship is anchored in the center of the fjord with its sails down. Mountains rise all around the fjord. Printed along the bottom of the photograph in white ink, "3199. Hardanger, Odde, Karjol. Rich. Andvord, Eneret 1897."
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