Page 228 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows the ground elevation near Mount Pleasant Street, between the Ashley River Marsh and the Cooper River Marsh. It also shows where Mount Pleasant Street intersects with Meeting Street and King Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located on and near Magazine Street, between Franklin Street and Smith Street.
Plan of approximately 1500 acres on Black River near Georgetown part now belonging to Kinloch and Gadsden. Names associated with this plat are Gadsden, Kinloch, Alston, Thomas Gadsden, James Lloyd, and Morreau [?] Sarrazin.
Pencil sketches by Charleston-born architect William Martin Aiken. Primarily architectural elements from churches and museums and generally from Italy, though some are in England and France.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1888. The yearbook opens with an address from Mayor George D. Bryan followed by reports from various departments.
A letter from Dr. Arthur B. Flagg discussing a medical bill payment. The other side of the document includes an account with associated figures in dollars.
Color lithograph including depictions of Jewish women from Algiers. Lithograph by Daniel Urrabieta Vierge. Printed Paris: Imp. Firmin Didot et Cie. From Le costume historique, Volume 3, by Auguste Racinet, published Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie.
Caricature by Charles Jay Taylor published in the August 8, 1888, edition of Puck. The text reads : --Ben and Levi: "You can haf dose clodings sheap, und we treat you mit a drink und a cigar! --Workingman: "Bah! You've been using those old togs for a sign for over twenty-five years. I'm going down to Cleveland's Free-Wool Emporium!"
Hand-colored offset print reproduction of the exterior of the New Synagogue in Berlin. From L'Allemagne illustrée : géographie, histoire, administration, statistique, Volume 4, by Victor-Adolphe Malte-Brun.
Hand-colored lithograph of the interior of the New Synagogue in Berlin. The print is made to be viewed using a zograscope. Published Berlin: Winckelmann & Söhne.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Temple Beth Israel in Portland. Published in the May 1888 edition of The Northwest Magazine.