Jamdani motifs are created through tapestry weaving and the detailed pictures of the bottom side of the cloth show this since the weaver failed to cut the red thread.
James Lowe was born in Cortachy, Scotland in 1820. He and his family emigrated to Canada in 1836. In 1867, he and his son James migrated to California, but they returned to Canada the following year. Soon after his return, he moved his family to the United States, where they moved to Iowa and later homesteaded in Minnesota.
Creator:
Lowe, Anne
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Portrait of James Rice (l) and Sir Walter Besant (r) by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company Limited. Sir Walter Besant (14 August, 1836 - 9 June, 1901), was a novelist and historian who lived largely in London. James Rice (26 September 1843 - 26 April 1882) was an English novelist who wrote a number of successful novels in collabora...
Creator:
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Jan Pesek and two family members (including his wife, Katerina, in white hat) kneel at the grave of Thomas M. Pesek (1908-1931). An elaborate floral wreath lies next to the gravesite.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Two Japanese women in kimonos sit on opposite ends of a table laden with objects related to Japan (dolls, flower arrangements, etc). Traditional Japanese art prints of bamboo and mountains hang on the walls as part of an exhibit called "Come and See Day."
Contributor:
International Institute of San Francisco
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A group of young men and women are sitting around a formal dining table which has been set for a meal. They are wearing western-style clothing. There is a pennant for the YMCA Sutter Branch on the wall.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
