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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Badgworthy Water and Doone Valley

A man stands holding a fishing pole that is cast into the water by a bridge that crosses Badgworthy Water running through the Doone Valley near Malmsmead on Exmoor, England. There is a small farm field on the left side of the photograph just beyond the bridge before the ground rises to rolling hills. On the right side of the photograph, a path follows along the river between the river and the rolling hills. Printed in white ink along the bottom left of the photograph, "Bedford, 2027." Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph, "Badgworthy Water and Doone Valley."
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English Longhorn cattle

Five head of English Longhorn cattle stand by small trees in the marshy waterside pasture of a lake in an unidentified location within the Lake District, England. A mountain range rises all along the background of the lake and photograph.
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Crosthwaite Church

Crosthwaite Church in Keswick, England, sits in the center of the photograph among pasture land with sheep grazing on it in the foreground and a far mountain range across the background and top of the photograph. A graveyard is to the right of the church. Printed in white ink along the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph, "25. Crosthwaite Church. A.P." Embossed on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph, "Pettitt's Series -o- Keswick."
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High Street in Clovelly, Scotland

Two unidentified men guide three pack donkeys by walking away from the camera up the terraced and cobblestoned High Street in Clovelly, England. A woman, that is partially blurred, is walking away from the camera ahead of the men and donkeys. The windows are open on the hotels and homes on either side of the street. The buildings on the right side of the photograph have patios and decks. A mountain looms over the buildings and street across the back center of the photograph. A business sign above a door on the right side of the street reads, "Jewell's Tea & Coffee, Rooms." The business signs on the patios going up the right side of the photograph read, "Good Beds. Views of the Neighbourhood. New Inn. And Boarding Establishment, Refreshment Roof." Printed in white ink along the bottom left of the photograph, "High Street, Clovelly. 6589, J, V."
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Melrose Abbey

Melrose Abbey from the south in Melrose, Scotland. Sheep graze under fruit trees whose trunks are surrounded by wire fencing in the foreground of the photograph. Between the sheep and trees and the abbey is a vegetable garden surrounded by a low-wall. Then a high rock wall between the garden and the abbey. Behind the abbey rise hills of farmland divided into geometric shapes by fence lines. The abbey in the center of the photograph is Gothic architecture. A few obelisks are visible above the rock wall. Printed in white ink along the bottom left-hand corner, "Melrose Abbey, 11677 J.V."
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Interior roof of Lady Chapel in Rosslyn Chapel

Details of the intricate stone-carved interior roof of Lady Chapel in Rosslyn Chapel in Roslin, Scotland. Printed in white ink on the bottom center of the photograph, "Details of Roof of Lady Chapel, Rosslyn Chapel. 6354. GWW."
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Fountains Abbey

A view from the southeast of Fountains Abbey near North Yorkshire, England. The Cistercian architecture ruins sit in a field beside a terraced brook. Printed in white ink along the bottom left-hand corner, "Fountains Abbey from S.E. 2106 J.V."
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Nab Ferry

Three head of English Longhorn cattle stand in the water at the tree-lined shore of Windermere Lake near the Ferry Nab landing. Looking across the lake, the ferry house stands at the foot of a mountain in Windermere, England. Printed in white ink along the bottom right center of the photograph, "998. Ferry Nab. Windermere." Embossed in the bottom left-hand corner, "Greens' Series, Copyright."
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Mary, Queen of Scots

A photograph of the Alexander Ritchie Etching after the painting by J.B. Wanderforde of a portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, standing, facing left, with Holyrood Palace in the background. She holds a rolled document in her hand. Her coat of arms are below the document by the garden wall she rests here forearm on. Printed in white ink int he bottom center of the photograph, "Mary Queen of Scots. 356. [symbol]."
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Hawarden Castle from the garden

A view of the [new] Hawarden Castle in Hawarden, England, from the garden which is made of formal flowerbeds in geometrical shapes with walking paths around each bed. Vines climb the walls of the Gothic Revival castle of many towers and turrets.
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Bowness Bay, Windermere, England

A view of the village Bowness-on-Windermere from the bay and across Windermere (lake) in England. A man rows a skiff from the marshes surrounding Bell Isle, whose forested shore is visible on the right side of the photograph, toward Bowness-on-Windermere across the lake. Sailboats in the harbor and the buildings of the village going from the shore up the sides of the surrounding hills are across the top of the photograph. The words "Old English Hotel" are blurred on a sign across a hotel on the shoreline. Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner, "618. Bowness Bay. Windermere. A.P." Embossed on the bottom right-hand corner, "Pettitt's Series -o- Keswick."
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Apprentice pillar

The Apprentice Pillar [Prentice Pillar or Prince Pillar] in Rosslyn Chapel in Roslin, Scotland, is an intricately carved stone pillar with dragons intertwined at the base. A staircase descends to the right of the pillar. A painted glass window is just above the staircase. A chair and a candelabra are sitting to the left of the pillar in front of a wrought iron fence. Printed in white ink on the bottom center of the photograph, "The 'Prentice Pillar, Rosslyn Chapel. 310. G.W.W."
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St Deiniol's Church interior

St Deiniol's Church interior in Hawarden, Wales. A photograph from the nave toward the altar. Lines of pews are on each side of the aisle. A chandelier hangs over each set of pews. Arches on pillars are the support system. A set of arched painted windows are at the center of the photograph at the end of the altar area. Printed in the white ink on the bottom left-hand corner, "Bedford." Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner, 1509. Hawarden Church, Interior."
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Chatsworth house

Chatsworth House, a three-story Baroque architecture style home in Derbyshire, England, as seen from across the River Derwent and bridge. Hills rise above and behind the house. Printed in white ink in the bottom right-hand corner, "Chatsworth House. 7042. J.W."
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Abbotsford house

Abbotsford House, a Gothic-style home in Galashiels, Scotland, viewed from the River Tweed. A skiff sets on the rocky shore of the river closest to the camera in the bottom center of the photograph. A forested hill rises behind the house. Printed in white ink on the bottom center of the photograph, "Abbotsford, from the Tweed. 78. J.V."
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