This memorial photograph album documents the funeral of Moshe Yidel Gelbart. Gelbart died of appendicitis on February 25, 1935, in Mogielnica, Poland. The album, made of fabric and paper, contains black and white photographs that chronicle Gelbart's funeral procession, his casket, mourners, and gravesite, including an image of Gelbart with his wife and son eight days before his death. The cover of this book pictures a broken candle and a broken tree, symbolic of a life cut short. Each page includes decorative labels in Hebrew. This album was given to one of his two brothers, George Goldberg or Israel Geldbart, in South Carolina.
This 1941 false identification was used by Anna Philine Nathans-Paerl, mother of Vera Nathans. Anna used this identification during the war until it was discovered that she was Jewish and then she was sent to Bergen-Belsen.
"Mementoes of Days in Service" details Lawrence Layden's service in World War II from his induction in June 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor, until his formal discharge in December, 1945. Part of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Layden's squadron provided aerial reconnaissance for Operation Overlord and the assault on Nazi Germany. Through photos and text, Layden's scrapbook follows him from his initial assignment in Louisville, Kentucky to bases in England and continental Europe. The album contains reconnaissance photos used in the assault on Europe, photographs of Layden at various bases throughout the war and several photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp, visited by Layden six days after its liberation.
See Samuel Lord Hyde Photographs,This pamphlet, consisting entirely of illustrations, depicts the buildings, exhibits and statuary of the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition. In addition to the Exposition snapshots, several images of contemporary Charleston are also included. The publisher is unknown. 1902. 43p.
A booklet published by the Southern Railway System advertising winter vacations in Summerville, S.C., Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga, including illustrations and descriptions of resorts and tourist sights. The pamphlet also contains maps and schedules for the Southern Railway System.
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
Photograph of Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mihai Antonescu, escorted down a waterway by Mario Pansa and other unidentified military officials in uniform.
Photograph of Mario Pansa and unidentified military officials, in uniform, conversing at the train station. The flag of Fascist Italy flies in the background.
Photograph of Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mihai Antonescu, being presented a gift from an unidentified military official in uniform, while others look on. Mario Pansa is in uniform in the background of the photograph.
Photograph of Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mihai Antonescu, looks on as an unidentified military official signs a document. Other unidentified military officials, in uniform, look on.
Photograph of Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mihai Antonescu, escorted by unidentified military officials in uniform, greeting a member of the Italian para-military group, Opera Nazionale Balilla.
Portrait photograph of Jane Sanford Pansa. 1930. Taken by Cecil Beaton. Taken by Cecil Beaton. Signed “Beaton” in red at the bottom right corner of the image.
Photograph of Mario Pansa and his polo team in Sri Lanka, outfitted in riding habit, and polo mallets in hand. Captioned: “Nuwara Elyia -. Ceylon 1932 -.“
Portrait photograph of Edda (Mussolini) Ciano. Taken in Shanghai, China while her husband, Galeazzo Ciano, was serving as Italian Consul. Photograph signed by Edda (Mussolini) Ciano), “To Mario Pansa. Edda Ciano Mussolini. Shanghai 27-10-31 18.”
Portrait photograph of Galeazzo Ciano. Taken in Shanghai, China while serving as Italian Consul. Photograph signed by Galeazzo Ciano, “To Mario, Compliments. Galeazzo Ciano. Shanghai, 1931 IX.”
