A report from the mayor, city council and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1887. The Year Book opens with an address from Mayor Courtenay followed by reports from various departments and an appendix.
Caption: 'Charleston--Celebration of her recovery from the effects of the Earthquake.--from a photograph by Cook.--[see page 818.]' [full date November 12, 1887.]
Page 180 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows lots located on and near Brigade Street, Lee Street, the City Boundary, and the "N.E.R.R. Right of Way."
Page 166 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of Columbus Street and Meeting Street. Plat 2 features lots located along Moultrie Street, between Meeting Street and Russel Street. Plat 2 also shows King Street and Hampton Street. Plat 3 shows lots located between Meeting Street and a line labeled "South Carolina R. R. Company," near Romney Street, Addison Street, and Poinsett Street. Plat 4 shows a lot located on the north side of Amherst Street. Plat 5 shows lots located near the intersection of Bay Street and Blake Street.
Page 144 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots on and near the Cooper River channel, near Boundary Street, Charlotte Street, Washington Street, and Alexander Street. Plat 1 also shows a creek and a stretch of marshland. Plat 2 shows lots located near the intersection of South Street and America Street. Plat 3 features structures located on the intersection of South Street and America Street. Plat 4 shows lots and structures located at the intersection of President Street and Cannon's Court. Plat 5 shows lots located between Drake Street, America Street, and Alexander Street.
Page 134 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with eleven plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located on Lynch Street. Plat 2 shows a lot located on Wentworth Street, with a building labelled "Charleston Engine House." Plat 3 shows lots located near the intersection of Calhoun Street and Ogier Street. Plat 4 shows lots located on Ogier Street. Plat 5 shows lots located on Ogier Street, near its intersection with Calhoun Street. Plat 6 shows lots located along Clifford Alley, near where it intersects with Archdale Street. Plat 7 shows lots located near the intersection of Calhoun Street and Ogier Street. Plat 8 shows lots located near the intersection of Vanderhorst Street and Ogier Street. Plat 9 shows lots located near the intersection of Calhoun Street and Ogier Street. Plat 10 shows lots located on and near Boundary Street, near where it intersects with St. Philips Street. Plat 11 features a lot owned by "The Unitarian Church," located on the intersection of Archdale Street and Clifford Alley.
Page 139 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows a lot and structures located at the corner of Calhoun Street and Alexander Street. Plat 2 shows lots located on Queen Street, near where it intersects with Back Street. Plat 3 shows lots located on and near Mazyck Street, near its intersection with Magazine Street. Plat 3 also shows lots labelled "Roper Hospital Lot," and "City Lot." Plat 4 shows lots located between Vanderhorst Street and Boundary Street, and between Coming Street and Pitt Street.
Page 137 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows lots located on and near Mazyck Street, between Short Street and King Street. Plat 2 shows lots located on and near the intersection of Pitt Street and Montague Street. Plat 3 features a lot located on the intersection of Archdale Street and Berresford Street. Plat 4 features a lot located at the intersection of Queen Street and Meeting Street. Plat 5 shows a lot located at the intersection of Queen Street and King Street. Plat 6 shows lots located on and near the intersection of Mazyck Street and Magazine Street, including one labelled "Roper Hospital Lot."
Page 125 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with seven plats. Plat 1 shows several measurements for a structure. Plat 2 shows the line of division between St. Mary's Church Yard and the "Property of Mrs. Anna D. Fleming." Plat 3 shows two wharves. Plat 4 shows lots and structures near wharf street. Plat 5 shows lots near the intersection of Washington Street and Laurens Street. Plat 6 shows lots between Rose Lane and Market Street, near where they intersect with East Bay Street. Plat 7 shows lots between Congress Street and Race Street, near Rutledge Street.
Page 123 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located on and near Calhoun Street, between Anson Street and Meeting Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located between East Bay Street and Cooper River. Plat 3 shows lots and buildings located near Meeting Street. Plat 4 shows lots near a road, and has a large hole in the middle. Plat 5 shows lots and buildings located on Beaufain Street. Plat 5 shows lots located near an intersection, and has several holes in the paper.
Page 122 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with three plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures on Meeting Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of Anson Street and Laurens Street. Plat 3 shows lots located between Moultrie Street and Huger Street, near Rutledge Avenue.
Page 114 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with elven plats. Plat 1 features lots located at the corner of King Street and Queen Street. Plat 2 shows a strip of land on the west side of King Street. Plat 3 shows lots along King Street. Plat 4 shows lots located near the intersection of Savage Street and Tradd Street. Plat 5 shows lots located on King Street. Plat 6 shows lots located near the intersection of King Street and Queen Street. Plat 7 shows lots located on King Street. Plat 8 shows a lot located on King Street. Plat 9 shows lots located near the intersection of South Bay Street and Legare Street. Plat 10 shows a lot on King Street. Plat 11 shows lots located near the intersection of Council Street and Gibbes Street.
Page 108 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 features lots and some structures located near South Bay Street's intersections with Meeting Street and Church Street. It also shows a lot labelled "Battery Garden." Plat 2 shows lots located near East Bay Street. Plat 3 features White Point Garden, also known as Battery Park, located south of South Battery Street, near the Church Street and Meeting Street. Plat 4 shows a lot located near the intersection of Meeting Street and Broad Street. Plat 5 shows land located between Broad Road and the Ashley River, and includes labels marking salt marshes, cleared lands, a fish pond.
Page 65 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows wharves and other structures located near the intersection of East Bay Street and Elliott Street, and also shows a building labelled "Old Post Office." Plat 2 features a wharf on the Cooper River, and shows several structures. Plat 3 shows wharves and brick storehouses located near the intersection of Prioleau Street and Queen Street. Plat 4 shows lots near the intersection of Bull Street and Smith Street. Plat 5 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of King Street and Morris Street. Plat 6 shows land located along a stretch of Coming Street, between Race Street and Sumter Street.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Jews from Poland. From a drawing by Francis David Millet. From the article "Through the Caucasus" by Ralph Meeker, published in the April 1887 edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the old Main Synagogue in Munich. From a photograph. Published in the October 8, 1887, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. From Jerusalem, Bethany and Bethlehem by J. L. Porter, published London: T. Nelson.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Talmudist David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo giving a sermon in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam on July 22, 1866. After an oil painting by Jacob-Emile-Edouard Brandon. Published in the May 18, 1887, edition of L'Illustration.
