A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1884. The yearbook opens with an address from Mayor Courtenay followed by reports from various departments and an appendix.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Caricature by Frederick Burr Opper published in the November 19, 1884, edition of Puck. The caption reads : "Probable effect of this announcement upon timid people who think they resemble him."
Color maps of ancient and modern Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature by William Smith, published Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company.
Color lithograph including depictions of Jewish men, women, and children from Algiers. Lithograph by Friedrich Hottenroth. Printed Stuttgart: M. Seeger. From Trachten, Haus-, Feld- und Kriegsgeräthschaften der Völker alter und neuer Zeit, Volume 1, by Friedrich Hottenroth, published Stuttgart: Gustav Weise.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of financier and philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore. Published in the October 25, 1884, edition of The Daily Graphic, on the ocassion of his 100th birthday.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white wood engraving of a Jewish man from Cairo. Engraving after an illustration by Ismael Gentz. From Egypt : descriptive, historical, and picturesque, Volume 2, by Georg Ebers, published London: Cassell & Company.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tomb of Zechariah in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of an etched portrait of well-known Jewish peddler Mordechai Löb (1745-1817) of Schlüchtern, known as the "Preusje von Schlüchtern." Original etching by Ludwig Emil Grimm. Published in the September 20, 1884, edition of Daheim: ein deutsches Familienblatt und Illustrationen.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of cantor and composer Salomon Sulzer. Published in the March 15, 1884, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the entrance to the Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tombs of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction tefillin (phylacteries). From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the vestments of a Jewish priest and high priest. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tomb of Absalom, Tomb of Benei Hezir, and Tomb of Zechariah in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Kidron Valley) in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish woman from Tangier. After a painting by Jean-François Portaels. Published in the May 1884 edition of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the miter of a Jewish high priest. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Caricature by Frederick Burr Opper published in the August 12, 1884, edition of Puck. The caption reads : "When 'honest men' fall out, thieves have to suffer."
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting soferim. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
