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11. Randolph Hall

Randolph Hall
Date:
1900
Description:
View of top floor (the Archaeological room of museum) of Randolph Hall. Construction of Randolph Hall, the most recognizable building at the College, began in 1828 under the direction of architect William Strickland. Flanking wings and portico for the main building were designed by Edward Brickell White and erected circa 1850. In 1886 the wings were destroyed by the Charleston earthquake and rebuilt between 1888 to 1894 under the direction of Gabriel Manigault.

14. [Great Synagogue, Copenhagen]

[Great Synagogue, Copenhagen]
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of the interior of the Great Synagogue of Copenhagen.

15. Jewish Peddler Doing Business in Vilnius, Lithuania

Jewish Peddler Doing Business in Vilnius, Lithuania
Date:
1900 and 1929
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of a Jewish peddler doing business in Vilnius. The back of the photograph has a note reading "Lithuania - Vilna. Typical old Jewish huckster in the streets of Vilna."

16. Fire against fire; or, how an amateur hypnotist came to grief

Fire against fire; or, how an amateur hypnotist came to grief
Date:
1900
Description:
Caricature by Franklin Morris Howarth published in Puck. The text reads : 1 --Mr. Isaacs: "Ikey, look, look! See vat your fader learns out mit dis pook! I can do it! I'm a hypnotister!" 2 "Now watch! Here gomes a jay gustomer. Go out mit der store. Leaf me alone. I will hypnotister him. I vill get me double brices! 3 --"Vat, you only vant a pair of pants? Look me in der eye!" --Mr. Hardacre (aside): "That feller is tryin' ter hypnertize me. I used ter be purty good at that game, myself. I'll try my hand at it." 4 --Mr. Isaacs (aside): "Oh! If I had only known dese dricks pefore. (To Hardacre.) Look in der glass. Isn't dot fine, undt only feefty tollars." --Mr. Hardacre: "I'll let him think he has me!" 5 --Mr. Isaacs: "And you vant a fine silk hat. Ah! you look schoost like dot Brince of Vales (Aside.) Oh! dis vas too easy!" --Mr. Hardacre (aside): "Now I'm ready to begin on him." 6 (Making the hypnotic passes : immediately transfixing Isaacs and handing him a piece of paper). "Now you want your money, I suppose? Here is a hundred-dollar-bill. Give me the change." 7 --"Yes, that is right! Ten, twenty, thirty, forty. Now, you sit down on that chair and don't move until that clock strikes five. Good-by!" 8 --Young Isaacs: "Fader, vat's der matter? You see nodding mit your eyes open. Vhere's der gustomer you hypnertisted? Vake up! Vake up!" 9 --Mr. Isaacs (as he awakes): "Vhat! Dere vas no hundret-tollar-bill in der drawer? Four ten-tollar-bills missin'? Oh, mein sufferin' peoble! Dot feller was a hypnotister himself! Ikey, Ikey! purn dot pook!"

19. [The Reader]

[The Reader]
Date:
1900 and 1929
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of a Jewish man from North Africa. The caption on the back of the photograph reads: "There are many Orthodox Jews in North Africa, descendants of ancestors who have probably lived there since Emperor Hadrian banished the Jews from Rome."