Portrait photograph of Jane Sanford Pansa. 1930. Taken by Cecil Beaton. Taken by Cecil Beaton. Signed “Beaton” in red at the bottom right corner of the image.
Photograph of Henrich Himmler and Galeazzo Ciano speaking with an unidentified member of the National Socialist Motor Corps. Photographs taken by the “official photographer, Schmidtbauer,” a member of the “NSKK Bildbericht Sonderstaffel W,” a photography group incorporated within the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK).
Photograph of Galeazzo Ciano and unidentified members of the National Socialist Motor Corps. Photographs taken by the “official photographer, Schmidtbauer,” a member of the “NSKK Bildbericht Sonderstaffel W,” a photography group incorporated within the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK).
Photograph of a sculpture of ‘Demeter, Persephone, [and] l’enfant [child]. [by] Triptoleme [Triptolemos]’ from Athens, Greece. Captioned: “126 Demeter, Persephone, [and] l’enfant [child]. Triptoleme [Triptolemos] N. M. Athens“
Photograph of General Graziani’s reception into an unidentified city. Captioned: “General Graziani festive celebration welcomed by indigenous peoples.”
A sketch of Fort Sumter after the bombardment. Soldiers are shown standing and moving material as a fire burns in the background. On the verso is a partial sketch entitled 'A Scene on the Potomac River- Part of a Gunboat Fortilla.'
Illustrations of Charleston buildings from 1886 with accompanying article. The buildings shown are the Old Charleston Jail, the Marine Hospital, the Charleston Orphan House, Citadel Square Church, and the Roper Hospital. The article gives a detailed description about the interior of the Charleston Orphan House.
A photograph of a Plains Native American man and woman. They are standing in front of a teepee with other teepees being constructed in the background. In front of the couple is a dog attached to a travois, a harness used to pull objects. The woman and man are both wearing traditional outfits. The caption below the photo reads "Bull's Head Indian, Squaw and Dog in Harness." The accompanying article details Canada's relationship with Native American tribes.
Illustrations from a book chapter about the causes of the Civil War. The first illustration is captioned 'Reception at Charleston, S.C., of the news of the election of Lincoln and Hamlin, November, 1860.' On the verso, the top page illustration is a portrait of Jefferson Davis. The bottom illustrations are the Palmetto Flag of South Carolina and the 'Stars and Bars', the first official flag of the Confederacy.
Photographs showing the grounds of the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition. The photographs show exhibits such as the Sunken City, the Cotton Palace, and the Administration Building. The accompanying article talks about the exhibits and how the president, Theodore Roosevelt, would visit the Exhibition in February.
An engraving of the Fifty Fifth Massachusetts Regiment parading through Charleston in 1865. A white solider on horse back rides alongside them as a crowd cheers on. In the background are the ruins of Charleston.
A tinted photograph of St. Philip's Church from the street with an accompanying article. In the photograph, both the Dock Street Theatre (left) and the Huguenot Church (right) can be seen.
In this astronomical chart (front and back) on the front of the page Gibbes provides a diagram and the elements for constructing the diagram. Also included are his calculations of the partial lunar eclipse including the hourly motion, declination, hourly motion in declination, horizontal parallax, and semidiameter. Gibbes also provides the results of the eclipse (phases of the eclipse: beginning, middle, end and duration). On the back of the page Gibbes provides the calculations from the quantities given on the front page to calculate logarithms, the auxiliary quantities, and relative orbit described by the moon in one hour of time.
In this astronomical chart (front and back) Gibbes provides on the front page a diagram and the elements for constructing the diagram. Those elements are hourly motion, declination, hourly motion in declination, horizontal parallax and semidiameter. Gibbes also provides the result times of the eclipse including the beginning, total, opposition, middle, end of total, general and duration of eclipse. On the back of the page Gibes provides the calculations from the quantities given on the front page to calculate the auxilary quantities and times relative orbit described by the moon in one hour of time.
In this astronomical chart Gibbes provides a diagram and the elements for constructing the diagram. Those elements are hourly motion, declination, hourly motion in declination, horizontal parallax and semidiameter. Gibbes also provides the result times of the eclipse including the beginning, total, opposition, middle, end of total, general and duration of eclipse.
In this astronomical chart (front and back) Gibbes provides a diagram of the phases of the eclipse and the circle of the Earth's shadow when the moon enters the shadow, eclipse begins, middle of eclipse, end of eclipse and the moon leaving the shadow. On the back of the page Gibbes provides the elements for constructing the diagram. Those elements are hourly motion, declination, hourly motion in declination, horizontal parallax and semidiameter. Gibbes also provides the time of the aforementioned phases.
In this astronomical chart Gibbes provides a diagram and the elements for constructing the diagram. Those elements are hourly motion, declination, hourly motion in declination, horizontal parallax and semidiameter.
In this astronomical chart Gibbes provides a transit of planet Mercury across the sun. Gibbes includes the beginning, middle and end of the transit along with the parallel of declination, limb of the sun and relative path of Mercury.
Photograph of Mario Pansa and unidentified members of the National Socialist Motor Corps. Photographs taken by the “official photographer, Schmidtbauer,” a member of the “NSKK Bildbericht Sonderstaffel W,” a photography group incorporated within the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK).
Photograph of unidentified members of the National Socialist Motor Corps outside a chalet. Photographs taken by the “official photographer, Schmidtbauer,” a member of the “NSKK Bildbericht Sonderstaffel W,” a photography group incorporated within the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK).
A newspaper article on Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery together while she dressed as a wealthy slave holding gentleman. They later went to England because of the Fugitive Slave Act. The article gives a brief biography of the couple. The illustration shows Ellen dressed as a man.
A newspaper sketch captioned 'The War in America: Assault on Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, on the night of July 18-- The rush of the garrison to the parapet.'
An engraving depicting the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus, both holding olive branches. They are depicted with two men, and a child or angel holding a message in Latin.
