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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Banyan tree

A banyan tree in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon] with a rock wall behind it. A small trellis supports a young tree in the foreground of the photograph. Printed in white ink in the bottom center of the photograph, "Banian Tree No. 112." Photograph is damaged by having the bottom left-hand corner torn off.
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Cabbage Palm Avenue in Sri Lanka

A pathway between to lines of cabbage palms gives a view of Cabbage Palm Avenue at the Royal Botanical Garden of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. Printed in white ink at the bottom center of the photograph, "Oreodoxa Regia. Avenue of Cabbage Palms, Peradeniya Gardens." Printed in black ink at the bottom center of the photograph, "Cabbage Palms Peradeniya Gardens (Scowen)." Printed in white ink in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph, "Ceylon."
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Three men with Tilaka markings

Three unidentified, barefoot men, likely from India, who are followers of Shiva in the Hindu religion, wear traditional clothing and the markings on the forehead and body called Tilaka. The man on the left is standing with his right side to the camera. He holds a closed umbrella with the point on the ground with his left hand. His hair is pulled back in a bun just above his neck. The man in the middle faces slightly toward the left side of the photograph. He holds a closed umbrella with the tip on the ground in his left hand. The man on the right sits on a tree stump with his knees facing the right side of the photograph and his head turned to look toward the left side of the photograph. There is a backdrop of jungle-type plants behind them.
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Manikarnika Ghat, a Hindu cremation site along the Ganges River in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

A crematorium, Manikarnika Ghat, in Vārānasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India, sits on a bank beside the Ganges River. Several people are on the banks between the crematorium and the river or are in the river. Many shrines, temples, and palaces rises from the water's edge.
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Giant bamboo in Sri Lanka

A giant bamboo grove stands along a riverbank in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A man stands between the grove and the river facing the river. Printed in white in the bottom left-hand corner, "Dendrocalamus Giganteus. (Giant Bamboo). 114. C. A. Co. Ceylon."
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Varanasi

A panoramic photograph from the water of the Ganges River to the city of Varanasi, India. Many large umbrellas are set along the coast to give shade to the people on houseboats and along the steps and terraced walls by the coast.
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Chester Rows at the Cross

Chester Rows at The Cross, looking southeast down Eastgate Street in Chester, England. Chester Rows are a set of Georgian and Victorian buildings in each of the four main streets of Chester, in the United Kingdom, consisting of a series of covered walkways on the first floor behind which are entrances to shops and businesses. At street level is another set of shops and other businesses, many of which are entered by going down a few steps. From left to right, the businesses at street level are, "Vernon's Wholesale and Sweet Stores, a fishing tackle store, Thomas Nicholls & Co., Tobacco Manufacturers, Robert Catley, jeweller, [the entrance to the first floor shops], then the T. Deakin shop." A blurred cart is farthest on the left. Two men are standing by a streetlight in front of the Vernon Wholesale and Sweet shop on the sidewalk by the cobblestone street on the left side of the photograph. The fishing tackle shop has many of its wears displayed out front. The tobacco shop has a sheet hanging over each window advertising the shop. A shopkeeper and a man have their backs to the camera as they enter the jewelry shop. Two men stand and talk outside of the jewelry shop on the sidewalk. Going up the stairs to the first-floor shops, a girl and a woman in an apron are heading up the stairs with their backs to the camera. Another woman wearing an apron and a boy stand sideways to the camera on either side of the woman and girl going up the stairs. Two men stand talking on the cobblestone street by a cart from the Blossoms Hotel with two wicker trunks loaded on the cart. A man stands in the window the T. Deakin shop leaning his head on his hand. Meat hangs in the first window of the T. Deakin shop. A person stands in an archway of the first floor covered walkway leaning on the railing and watching the street scene below. The only legible business names from the first floor are, "J.E. Brown, Goldsmith" and "Mills." Partially legible is Madam and Millinery on a sign. Printed in white ink in the bottom left-hand corner, "Bedford 1717." Printed in white ink along the bottom center of the photograph is Chester, The Cross and Eastgate Street."
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Rydal Mount

Rydal Mount, the name of this house in the village of Rydal in the Lake District of England. A stairway in the center of the photograph leads from a lawn, between two patches of bushes on either side of the stairway, and up to the house which is two-story on the left two-thirds of the home and two-and-a-half story on the right one-third of the home. There are two picture windows on both the bottom floor and the top floor on the two-story portion. The windows on the top floor are open. The front door is to the right of the stairs with an arched and roofed portico leading to the door. Vines cover this story side of the house with a chimney on the top of the half story dormer. There are three more chimneys beside and behind the half-story that are on the roof of the main part of the house. Tall trees are on either side of the house. Printed below the lower left-hand corner of the photograph in the margin, "Herbert Bell, Ambleside." Printed on the center margin below the photograph, "Rydal Mount." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Ullswater

A panoramic view of Ullswater (lake) and environs in the Lake District of England, from the perspective of a bank of the river across the lake to a forested mountain range on the other side of the lake. Two outcrops into the lake and one island are on the left 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, "Ullswater." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Shopkeeper stands in the doorway of a brush and mat shop below God's Providence House

God's Providence House, 9 Watergate Street and 11–11A Watergate Row, in Chester, England. The house is built in sandstone and timber framing with plaster panels and a slate roof. It has four stories and a gable overlooking the street. At the street level are shop fronts and, to the right, a set of concrete steps leading up to the row level. Set back at this level is another shop front. Overlooking the street is a Jacobean style railing. Above the row level is a fascia board inscribed "GOD'S PROVIDENCE IS MINE INHERITANCE". In the center of the third story is a central nine-pane casement window, surrounded by timber framing with recessed molded plaster panels. Across the base of the attic story is a row of quatrefoil braces, with a four-pane window in the center. At the sides and above the window is more timber framing with panels similar to those on the third story. At the top of the gable is an elaborately carved bargeboard. The ground-level shop farthest tot he left of the photograph is Barnett, Licensed Dealer in Game. The shop directly below God's Providence House at street level is Harker & Co., R. Gregg, Rope. Brush & Mat Manufacturers. Sheep Nets." The shopkeeper of the brush & mat shop stands in the doorway on the sidewalk by the cobblestone street. The shops on the first floor with legible signs read, "Bread Bake and Confectioners," above the game shop. And "Furniture," above the brush & mat shop. A shield-shaped sign on the side of the support beam of the building on the right side of the photograph reads, "Quellyn Roberts & Co., Wine & Spirit Merchants." Printed in white ink on the bottom left-hand corner, "Bedford. 1558." Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner, "Chester, God's Providence House."
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Chester Rows

Chester Rows looking southeast down Eastgate Street, near the intersection of Werburgh Street in Chester, England. Chester Rows are a set of Georgian and Victorian buildings in each of the four main streets of Chester, in the United Kingdom, consisting of a series of covered walkways on the first floor behind which are entrances to shops and businesses. At street level is another set of shops and other businesses, many of which are entered by going down a few steps. From left to right, the businesses with legible signs at street level are, J. Little & Sons, E. Spencer Watch Maker, Thomas Nicholls & Co. Tobacco Manufacturer, G. McLellan & Son, Phillipson & Golder, printers. A handcart stands on the sidewalk in front of J. Little & Sons. The windows of G. McLellan & Son are being cleaned by a man standing on a ladder. A few men stand here and there on the sidewalk talking. Seven horse-drawn carriages with a driver in each carriage are on the cobblestone street. Printed in the center margin above the photograph, "-674-."
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Coniston

Panoramic view of Coniston in the Lake District of England. From a view above the lake shows a farm with a house, outbuildings, gardens, and rock walls sectioning off the farm areas. Trees surround the farm. A boathouse is on the edge of the lake just across the lake from the farm. Looking across the lake, the village of Coniston sits in the valley below the mountain range and climbs up the foothills toward the mountains. Different areas of the village are sectioned off by low rock walls. Printed below the lower left-hand corner of the photograph in the margin, "Herbert Bell, Ambleside." Printed on the center margin below the photograph, "Coniston." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Waterhouse Hall addition to Eaton Hall

The Waterhouse Hall addition to Eaton Hall in Cheshire, England. A view from across a walled pond, then the garden, and then Waterhouse Hall. Between the pond and the hall, the statue, "Stag at Bay, by Raymond Smith sits on a terrace with a bench sitting at the plinth of the statue. On the right side of the photograph is the clock tower and Eaton Hall. Manicured bushes line the walkways. Possibly a waterlily plant is at one end of the pond. Printed above the photograph in the top margin, "-944-."
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Rydal water

Rydal Water and environs in the Lake District of England. A view from a marshy shoreline out over the lake surrounded by a mountain range. The mountain on the left side of the photograph is mostly covered with a forest. Farmland areas divided by rock walls crawling vertically up the mountainside is in the area of the mountain closest to the lake. A barn is visible on one of the sections of the farmland 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, "Rydal Water." Printed on the bottom left-hand corner of the margin, "Printed in Switzerland."
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Lynmouth from the Torrs

Village and Lynmouth Bay harbor view of Lynmouth and Lynton from the Tors Hotel in Lynmouth, England. The village sits in the valley below the mountains that both line the Lynmouth Bay. A few large houses are up in the mountains looking out over the bay. Printed in white ink in the bottom left-hand corner, "Bedford, 2005." Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner, "Lynmouth from the Torrs."
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