Jacob L. Loose Collection

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.

Items in Collection: 503

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Kansas City History

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Two unidentified Sri Lankan women, sit facing each other, one with her back to the camera, in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. The one on the right with her back to the camera, has her hair pulled up and...

Date Published

1894 to 1900

Two unidentified men in traditional clothing stand along the walkway with the wall, Walakulu Bamma, between them and Kandy Lake in Sri Lanka {then Ceylon]. A row of trees separates the walkway from...

Date Published

1894 to 1900

An unidentified woman holding a toddler, stands between two children. The one on the left is possibly a teenager and the other a young child in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. They stand in the water in...

Date Published

1894 to 1900

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Jacob L. Loose Collection

Two women sit facing each other

Walk around Kandy Lake in Sri Lanka

Woman and three children in front of a houseboat

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