Black-and-white portrait photograph of Gertrude Legendre signed: “4 R. Pt. des Champs-Elysees, Portraits G. L. Manuel freres.” Handwritten caption: “G. S. Legendre, Paris - '36.”
Letter to Jane L. Raisin from her husband, Jacob S. Raisin, regarding his travels abroad. The letter addresses reading letters from the family, the end of his Mediterranean trip, his upcoming boat trip back to America, and some of his time in France.
The Charles Manigault Letter Book, 1846-1848 is a bound volume kept by Charles I. Manigault while living in Paris, France with his family between 1846-1848. Letters were sent to James Coward, overseer at Silk Hope Plantation, Thomas Middleton, R. Habersham & Son, Alfred Huger, Anthony Barclay, Y. Haynes, overseer at Gowrie Plantation, Louis Manigault and Charles Manigault Jr. Topics of conversation found in these letters include business operations at the plantations, enslaved people's resistance via running away, treatment and punishment of slaves, a group of slaves taking an overseer to court, living abroad in Paris, Charles Manigault's views on racial equality in Paris, the Manigault children's schooling in Paris and at Yale College, traveling Europe, meeting Muhammad Ali, the leader of Egypt and discussing the Mexican American War and Egyptian politics, Charles Manigault's Huguenot ancestry and history, and being in Paris during the French Revolution of 1848.
A letter from William Ball in Edinburgh, Scotland to his father John Ball Sr. in Charleston, South Carolina discussing a letter of credit, the severe winter in Edinburgh, deciding not to travel to Paris for medical school, plans to return to Charleston to work as a doctor, and William's opinions on the study of medicine.
Contract for the purchase of a seat in the women's gallery of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris. Seat paid for by Anselme Halphen.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris during the funeral service of Commandant Léon Franchetti, killed in the battle of Champigny. Published in the December 16, 1871 edition of L'Univers illustré.
This 1948 photograph shows Francine, Germaine, and Suzanne Ajzensztark in their Paris flat at 17 Boulevard de la Villette. The family had to sue to get their flat back from a woman that occupied it during the war and didn't want to return it to the Ajzensztarks after the war.
This 1947 photograph of Francine was taken in Paris, France. She was asked to sit for a photographer she met at a wedding, and she received this photograph in return.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the May 28, 1937, inauguration of the Exposition internationale, held in Paris. From left to right: Louis Asscher, president of the committee for the Pavillon d'Israel en Palestine, and French govenrment ministers Justin Godart and Paul Bastid.
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the first panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the third panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the fourth panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the sixth panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the second panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the fifth panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the eighth panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the seventh panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
Caricature by Gustave Frison depicting a Jewish stockbroker haggling over the terms of a trade outside the Paris Stock Exchange. He is portrayed as speaking French with a Yiddish accent.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Yom Kippur in a synagogue in Paris. After a drawing by Auguste André Lançon. Published in the October 26, 172, edition of Le Monde illustré. Associated article published in the November2, 1872, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the marriage ceremony of Albert Salomon von Rothschild and Bettina Caroline de Rothschild in the Grand Synagogue of Paris. From a drawing by Henri Meyer. Published in the April 2, 1876, edition of Le Journal illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris on Yom Kippur. From a drawing by Auguste Deroy. Published in the October 31, 1874, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the 1822 building of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris during Rosh Hashanah. Published in Tableau de Paris : ouvrage illustré de quinze gents gravures by Edmond Texier.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris, on the occasion of its inauguration. Published in the September 19, 1874, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Portuguese synagogue in rue Lamartine. After a painting by Jacob-Emile-Edouard Brandon. From the May 29, 1869, edition of L'Univers illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris. From a drawing by Auguste Deroy. Published in the October 31, 1874, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Hand-colored lithograph of the interior of the 1822 building of Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris. Lithograph by Jules-Robert-Pierre-Joseph Challamel after an original drawing by the Marquis de Villeneuve. Published in L'Artiste.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris. From La France juive. Essai d'histoire contemporaine. Edition illustrée de scène, vues, portraits, cartes et plans... by Édouard Drumont.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris. From La France juive. Essai d'histoire contemporaine. Edition illustrée de scène, vues, portraits, cartes et plans... by Édouard Drumont.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris during the marriage of Gustave de Rothschild to Cécile Anspach. Published in the February 19, 1859, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the 1822 building of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris. Reproduction of a lithograph by Jules-Robert-Pierre-Joseph Challamel after an original drawing by the Marquis de Villeneuve. Published in the December 5, 1846, edition of L'Illustration.