A report from the mayor, city council and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1896. The Year Book opens with an address from Mayor Smyth followed by reports from various departments.
The 1896 Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot report commissioned by Charleston for the board of park commissioners. The report was created after the group's second visit to Charleston. This is the first report of many as the Parks Commissioners worked in tandem with the Olmstead group up through the twentieth century. The report outlines advice for the advancement of downtown Charleston's parks, general aesthetics, and public roadways. The projects outlined in the report are: Battery Park, Waterfront park, Ashely Ave, Chicora Parkway, and Chicora Park.
Caricature by Frederick Burr Opper published in Puck. The text reads : --Mrs. Blazenheimer: "Vot vas der drubble ofer dere?" --Mr. Flamberg: "It's dot fool feller, Smokenstein;--he vas bound to come here dressed as a fireman--und dey vas pudding him oud!"
Black-and-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Jews from Portugal, Algeria, and Germany. From Album géographique by Marcel Dubois and Camille Guy, published Paris: Paris, A. Colin & cie.
