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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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Beach Pavilion

Date: 1925
Description: A weathered building stands on a beach, possibly in the state of Washington. A Falstaff beer sign is painted on its side. There is a bridge or viaduct in t...
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Leonore Middleton in Rickshaw

Date: 1922
Description: Leonore Middleton poses in a rickshaw pulled by a Japanese man.
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At the Cottage

Date: 1920
Description: Leonore Middleton sitting on wooden steps leading to the screened porch of a tar paper shack. There is an awning over the side window and a short brick chi...
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Office Worker

Date: 1922
Description: An unidentified Japanese man standing in front of a desk holding a stack of letters in his right hand. He is wearing a ring on his left hand. There is a te...
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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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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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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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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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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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New Shoes

Date: 1922
Description: Leonore Middleton leaning forward as she is sitting on a bed trying on a pair of shoes. An unidentified Japanese woman in traditional dress is sitting on t...
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The Hagins and The Middletons

Date: 05 18 1921
Description: Two well-dressed couples, Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Hagin, left, and Mr. and Mrs. Forest Middleton, reclining on a lawn with shrubbery behind them.
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Yokohama Apartment

Date: 1922
Description: A view of an interior corner of the house occupied by Forest and Leonore Middleton. There are light draperies and a shade over a large window. A bouquet of...
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A Friendly Game

Date: 09 1921
Description: Leonore and Forest Middleton, on the far left, playing cards with two other women and a man while sitting at a small table. The man on the far right has th...
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Earthquake Damage

Date: 04 1922
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of men, some in traditional Japanese dress, and some in western-style clothing, gathered around a damaged building on a corner. Th...

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