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Old or new, Japanese pose always fascinate me for their doll likeness. They work very hard to achieve this effortless forms.

INSPIRATION FOR A NEW GALLERY From the archives of the New York Public Library, some of their vintage photographs of Japan. My gratitude to the curator of such photographs for public enjoyment, education and research. Thank you.

A very good inspiration for my futur web site about old japan ! Forex

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Photo bears date June 7, 1911, as does the cornerstone itself: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163478442/in/p... The gentlemen identified by name are Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, and Seth Low, former Columbia president and former Mayor of New York City, who in 1911 was chairman of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The son of a wealthy China trader, Low had donated the Low Memorial Library to Columbia University, naming it for his father.

Wystan: Thanks for bringing our attention to the date on the negative, and for the more complete information about Butler and Low. We'll add these to the record next time we update.

The Choralcelo (not Choracelo) was an electric keyboard musical instrument made by the Choralcelo Company, and apparently there was a studio or showroom "Choralcelo Galleries" in New York at 17 E. 40th Street. This photo may be of that studio. www.amica.org/Live/Publications/Past-Bulletin-Articles/Ch...

This may also be related to: "The New York Electrical Society held its 352d meeting on January 15th [1917] at the Choralcelo Galleries in New York Edward R Knowles lectured on "Dust Its Universality Its Conservatism and Its Elimination," giving some new and valuable data on the subject as well as indicating the part played by electricity in the most effective method of dust separation. After Mr Knowles' address, Guy P Norton spoke on the operative principles of the Choralcelo, the music of which is produced electrically, and a program of the music was rendered. Mr Norton explained how the various values were produced and modified and colored." Scientific American books.google.com/books?id=CbsxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA97&lp... More in the Electrical Review: " Afterwards Mr Norton explained how the various tone values were created modified and colored, his talk being accompanied by many striking illustrations. The Choralcelo principle is based upon the discovery of a method of controlling the frequency of magnetic impulses and of synchronizing their attack with the natural and fundamental vibrations of sonorous bodies." books.google.com/books?id=TUROAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106&l... Also, the business announced a series of demonstration recitals in February, 1917 in the Musical Courier. books.google.com/books?id=x-w6AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA5&...

More on the instrument at symposium.music.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item... and part 1 of an article by Knowles on the same topic in the July 1917 issue of the magazine Steam books.google.com/books?id=YKzmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7&...

Good to know Knowles' "Dust, Its Universality, Its Conservatism and Its Elimination" has been preserved for history....

Art Siegel and swanq: Thanks for the detailed info on this image! We will improve the record with these details.