A report from the mayor, city council and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1909. The Year Book opens with an address from Mayor R. Goodwyn Rhett followed by reports from various departments.
1909 booklet advertising the Pine Forest Inn, a Summerville, S.C. resort which opened in 1891. The description emphasizes the Inn's luxury accomodations, and the beneficial climate and health benefits of wintering in Summerville
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 1909-June 1910; excluding April 1910.
A portrait of Mary Pearlstine as a young child. She's wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat and holding a coat. The logo indicates the portrait was taken at Clarke's Studio in Charleston, S.C.
An elliptical portrait of Mary Pearlstine as a child. She's wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat. Notes on the back indicate the photo was taken in October 1909.
Sheet music for "Yisrolik in sein eigen land" = "Yiśroliḳ in zayn aygen land," word by Louis Gilrod; music by Arnold Perlmutter and Herman Wohl, published New York: Hebrew Publishing Company.
A stereoscopic image of an African American man posed along side a a stone mill to hull rice. Text at the bottom of the image states: "Large Stones for Hulling Rice; the Hulling Stone for Removing Chaff."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the candles, kiddush cup, and spice box used in the ceremony of Havdalah. Text at the bottom of the postcard reads : "I will raise the cup of deliverance and call upon the name of the Lord."
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.”)