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Portrait of Alice Mae Turner holding an infant Katharyn Martha Turner, standing in front of the shuttered windows of a European-style building. To the right appears to be a baby carriage. The handwritten caption at left reads "Katharyn and Alice…

A photograph of Katharyn Martha Turner (b. 1897) and William Taylor Turner (1900-1996) in front of a namako-kabe (tile + plaster) wall. Katharyn is about 4 years old, William about one.

This is a photograph of the pine tree of Kenrokuen Garden, in Sakamoto, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. Turner has added the inscription, "Pine tree at Karasaki, one of the most curious in the world. Length of branches, from N. to S. 288 ft., No. of…

Wooden Altar Box is in the shape of closet with two hinged doors. The character 金 appears in circular gold medallions on both sides of the main image. Decorative pieces of cloth are attached both to the side doors and the center. The main image is in…

This is a bowing Korean doll wearing a formal orange hanbok with a headpiece and hair accessories. Her face is pale and made up with blush, eyeliner and lipstick. Two distinguishing features of this doll are the red dot on her forehead and the beauty…

A lacquer box and lid, decorated with a tree in gold. A kisen (Japanese pipe for smoking tobacco.) Two brass pieces, one in the shape of a lotus leaf.

A disc-shaped object with a compass in the center, used in feng shui calculations. The eight trigrams circle the center; the surface of the disc is covered with minute lines and inscriptions in red and black.

Basket, Buddhist rosary of brown wood and white and blue beads, and a pouch made of red silk with an elaborate embroidered pattern. The embroidery is typical of China.

Letter from William Patillo Turner to Warren Adkin Candler. It alerts Candler that the objects he requested Turner send from Japan are on their way, and discusses the money involved.

Letter from William Patillo Turner to Warren Akin Candler. It alerts Candler that the objects he requested Turner send from Japan are on their way, and discusses the money involved. On this, the reverse side, Candler notes his instructions for…