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An overview of the port at Nagasaki, labelled by the photographer "207 Nagasaki." Turner has added the inscription "The old Portuguese and Dutch trading port."

Studio portrait of William Pattillo Turner and his family. Left to right, William Pattillo, William Taylor Turner (1900-1996), John Taylor Turner (1902-1940), Katharyn Martha Turner (b. 1897), Alice Mae Taylor Turner (1867 – 1956)

Brass pieces. Two appear similar to candle holders. Two have designs stamped out of them. Their usage is not clear.

This is a carved bronze plate showing the caretaker and the Torii. It was probably not used in religious practice, but rather sold as a souvenir. On the left, a caretaker with a broom looks up at the sky. On the right, a pigeon is pecking at the…

This is a porcelain statue of Guanyin (Avalokitesvara), presumably brought from China to Japan in the Meiji Era (1868-1912). It appears to be in a color mingled by blue and white. The Guanyin is sitting on top of a base made of lotus flower. Even…

A small Japanese porcelain vessel acquired around the area of Kobe, Japan, in the 1890s. The object is a glazed, stoutly shaped vase with depictions of various flowers and pottery painted in blue on the outside

William P. Turner holds his infant daughter Katharyn on his knee in a studio photograph, perhaps torn from an album. Caption in pen on left side, "Katharyn and William Pattillo"

A rider sits astride a qilin, a mythical beast that is part dragon, part deer. The beast's mane is curled in waves; it lifts its muzzle towards the rider. The rider is holding an object in one hand -- perhaps a peach or a jewel. Flames and spotted…

A small stone sculpture of a rabbit, with a red eyes. Part of an incomplete set of calendar animals.