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Leonore Middleton and Students

Date: 1922
Description: Leonore Judkins Middleton showing a book to three young Japanese men. An iron kettle is sitting on a stove in the background. On the reverse of the print i...
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Fire in Milwaukee

Date: 1930
Description: A fireman is climbing a tall ladder supported on the rear wall of a two-story brick building. There are other firemen on the ground and two men observing. ...
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New York Harbor

Date: 1930
Description: A ship with "U.S.A." painted on the side is steaming past the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
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Rabbit on Stool

Date: 1905
Description: A rabbit, one of many pets belonging to the Middleton family, sitting on an upholstered stool.
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Sunny Parlor

Date: 1930
Description: Sunlight and a ceiling fixture provide light for a parlor furnished in an Early American style. A portrait of George Washington is hanging on the far wall....
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Streetcar

Date: 1920
Description: A man is standing on the rear of a small streetcar in Japan. There is a utility pole and several two-story buildings on the left.
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Shopkeeper

Date: 1920
Description: A smiling shopkeeper in traditional dress showing a ceramic cat to Leonore Middleton. There are shelves behind Leonore which are crowded with figurines.
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Fulton Street Fish Market

Date: 1930
Description: The bed of a truck, barrels and crates are hold fishing and other seafood tended by workers at a fish market. Also pictured are hanging scales and a canvas...
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Yokohama Street

Date: 1922
Description: Leonore Middleton, center left, is posing standing along a bridge railing wearing a long winter coat and hat. Other people in traditional Japanese attire a...
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Stone Cutter's Workshop

Date: 1922
Description: A stone pagoda, basins and figures are displayed in front of a building with a corrugated metal roof. The wheel of a cart is in the foreground, left. On t...
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Fishing Boats

Date: 1922
Description: Fishing boats casting reflections on the calm waters of one of Japan's inland seas.
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Leonore at Lunch Counter

Date: 09 01 1920
Description: Leonore Middleton sitting at a counter eating a slice of melon. She is wearing a hat with an artificial flower in the front. A sign behind the counter adv...
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Forest Reading

Date: 1921
Description: Forest Middleton reading while lying on a sofa in the Middleton's apartment in Japan. The decorative top piece of the stove in the corner has been moved as...
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Working at Home

Date: 1922
Description: Forest Middleton, right, addressing a package while sitting in a wicker armchair. His wife Leonore, is sitting on a straight back chair with her feet propp...
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Rabbit in Bowl

Date: 1905
Description: A rabbit, one of the Middleton family pets, resting in a large bowl on a table. There is an oil parlor lamp on a smaller table in the background. The back ...
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Leonore with Parasol

Date: 1930
Description: Leonore Middleton posing outdoors, wearing a large hat with a Japanese parasol resting on her left shoulder. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a be...
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In the Shop

Date: 1925
Description: Leonore Middleton, left, is holding a bowl, with an unidentified woman watching on the right. They are standing in front of a table which is holding other...
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Forest in Yokohama

Date: 1922
Description: Forest Middleton standing beside a bookcase holding a pipe. He is wearing a suit and tie. There are Japanese figurines on the top of the bookcase and a Jap...
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Cherry Blossom Festival

Date: 1921
Description: Leonore Middleton, in hat, facing camera, posing with two unidentified women, left, near two small market stalls under blooming cherry trees along a roadwa...
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Boys at Shrine

Date: 1922
Description: Four young boys standing, with a fifth child sitting, on the top step in front of a Japanese torii, or gate. There is a stone lantern at far right. On the ...

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