A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1904. The Year Book opens with an address from city mayor, R. Goodwyn Rhett followed by reports from various departments.
The College of Charleston Magazine is a monthly publication released by the College of Charleston's Chrestomathic Society during the academic year. This volume is comprised of the bound together publications from the months of October 1904-June 1905.
Hand-colored engraving of the 1790 contest between boxer Daniel Mendoza and his former mentor Richard Humphries. Originally published in London on October 9, 1790, by S. W. Fores. From the 1904 edition of The reminiscences of Henry Angelo, Volume 2.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the exterior of the original building of the Congregación Israelita de la República Argentina in Buenos Aires.
Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. The text reads : -- Reuben (angrily): "I'll trouble you to let me by!" --Cohn brothers: "Let you buy? Certainly! Come right in! No trouble to show goots."
A stereoscopic image of African American women and children posed on a large raft with rice plants. In the backgroud is a large body of water. One person holds a bail of rice.
A formal portrait of Edwin and Milton Pearlstine wearing wide-brimmed hats. The boy on the right is sitting on a chair. The photo has extensive scratch marks.
Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. The text reads : The 16th of March. --Baxterstein: "Ikey, mine sohn, if ve don'dt preddy soon sell some ohf dese clodings your papa vill be a ruined Hebrew." The 17th of March. --Ikey (his son): "Nefer mindt dot ruinness, papa. Ve vill sell dose handtsome clodings to dose Irish peebles vhen der parade passes dis vay."
A photo of the Pearlstine family's Seder dinner. Note on the back of the photo indicates the year as 1904. Pearlstine members and guests sit around the dinner table while three African American domestic workers stand around them.
Rosh Hashanah postcard with the date Tischri 1, the date of Rosh Hashanah, flanked by lions. Beneath, text of a prayer said between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur : "Avinu Malkeinu, kotveinu b'sefer chaim tovim." ("Our Father, Our King, write us into the book of good life.”)
