This memorial photograph album documents the funeral of Moshe Yidel Gelbart. Gelbart died of appendicitis on February 25, 1935, in Mogielnica, Poland. The album, made of fabric and paper, contains black and white photographs that chronicle Gelbart's funeral procession, his casket, mourners, and gravesite, including an image of Gelbart with his wife and son eight days before his death. The cover of this book pictures a broken candle and a broken tree, symbolic of a life cut short. Each page includes decorative labels in Hebrew. This album was given to one of his two brothers, George Goldberg or Israel Geldbart, in South Carolina.
This 1941 false identification was used by Anna Philine Nathans-Paerl, mother of Vera Nathans. Anna used this identification during the war until it was discovered that she was Jewish and then she was sent to Bergen-Belsen.
"Mementoes of Days in Service" details Lawrence Layden's service in World War II from his induction in June 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor, until his formal discharge in December, 1945. Part of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Layden's squadron provided aerial reconnaissance for Operation Overlord and the assault on Nazi Germany. Through photos and text, Layden's scrapbook follows him from his initial assignment in Louisville, Kentucky to bases in England and continental Europe. The album contains reconnaissance photos used in the assault on Europe, photographs of Layden at various bases throughout the war and several photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp, visited by Layden six days after its liberation.
See Samuel Lord Hyde Photographs,This pamphlet, consisting entirely of illustrations, depicts the buildings, exhibits and statuary of the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition. In addition to the Exposition snapshots, several images of contemporary Charleston are also included. The publisher is unknown. 1902. 43p.
An album of carte de visites from the 1860s. Photos picture relatives of the Hyams, Cohen, and Pearlstine families along with several unidentified portraits.
A booklet published by the Southern Railway System advertising winter vacations in Summerville, S.C., Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga, including illustrations and descriptions of resorts and tourist sights. The pamphlet also contains maps and schedules for the Southern Railway System.
1909 booklet advertising the Pine Forest Inn, a Summerville, S.C. resort which opened in 1891. The description emphasizes the Inn's luxury accomodations, and the beneficial climate and health benefits of wintering in Summerville
1893 booklet advertising the Pine Forest Inn, a Summerville, S.C. resort which opened in 1891. Includes several images of the Inn and its grounds, and describes the Inn's accomodations and the health benefits of Summerville
Photograph of Benito Mussolini bearing witness to the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone of the city's film industry in Rome, Italy. Captioned: Rome “The laying of the foundation stone of the city's film industry.”
A hand colored engraving of an African American woman and children working in a road side stand. On the verso is a river scene of a ferry carrying a horse and carriage going down the Ashley River.
A newspaper article on the 1886 earthquake in Charleston. Several buildings are shown damaged, including St. Michael's Church, St. Philip's Church steeple, and Hibernian Hall. A street scene during the earthquake shows African Americans praying in the streets with several buildings on fire in the background.
Second color sketch showing the bombardment of Charleston from Fort Moultrie. Soldiers are shown firing cannons and waving the "Stars and Bars," the official flag of the Confederacy, as a man lays under a pole. In the background, there is Fort Sumter and several warships.
Photograph of the Queen Marie Jose, Princess of Piedmont, and Galeazzo Ciano conversing during a ceremony in Asmara, Ethiopia. Captioned: “Princess of Piedmont and [Galeazzo] Ciano at Asmara [Ethiopia].”