Second color sketch showing the bombardment of Charleston from Fort Moultrie. Soldiers are shown firing cannons and waving the "Stars and Bars," the official flag of the Confederacy, as a man lays under a pole. In the background, there is Fort Sumter and several warships.
A color photograph captioned 'Two days after the bombardment of Sumter, April 16, 1861.' In the photo Wade Hampton and other figures look at the damage. Below the photo is another photograph showing Fort Sumter before the bombardment.
A newspaper clipping with an illustration entitled 'The U.S. gun-boat Weehawken, one of the ironclads engaged in the bombardment of Charleston.' The illustration shows what the monitor, a well-armed warship, looks like in the water. It also includes a cross cut diagram of the Weehawken's interior. The top illustration is a portrait of Field Marshal Lord Seaton.
Color sketch showing the bombardment of Charleston from Fort Moultrie. Soldiers are shown firing cannons and waving the "Stars and Bars," the official flag of the Confederacy, as a man lays under a pole. In the background, there is Fort Sumter and several warships.
Illustrations from a book chapter about the causes of the Civil War. The first illustration is captioned 'Reception at Charleston, S.C., of the news of the election of Lincoln and Hamlin, November, 1860.' On the verso, the top page illustration is a portrait of Jefferson Davis. The bottom illustrations are the Palmetto Flag of South Carolina and the 'Stars and Bars', the first official flag of the Confederacy.
An engraving of the Fifty Fifth Massachusetts Regiment parading through Charleston in 1865. A white solider on horse back rides alongside them as a crowd cheers on. In the background are the ruins of Charleston.
A newspaper sketch captioned 'The War in America: Assault on Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, on the night of July 18-- The rush of the garrison to the parapet.'
Black and white portrait of Clifton Harby Levy, 2x4 inches. Back of portrait includes inscription reading, "To dear Aunt Octavia from her little nephew C. Harby Levy aged 19 1/2 months."
Black and white portrait of a girl, possibly Rebecca (Dulce) Moise, 2x4 inches. Back of portrait lists the photographer as John L. Gihon of Philadelphia, PA, and includes a blue, two cent, George Washington postage stamp.
Black and white portrait of Rachel Hart, wife of Nathan Hart and Great-Grandmother of Jane Lazarus Raisin, 2.5x4 inches. Portrait card also includes a blue George Washington postage stamp.
A ten-set collection containing 37 items of measured drawings, ink sketches, pencil drawings and watercolors representing several generations of the Middleton family of South Carolina from 1803-1867. Sets 1-6 contain measured architectural drawings attributed to John Izard Middleton with dates and watermarks ranging from 1808-1813. Five country houses and one greenhouse are depicted in these 25 drawings. All buildings are in the Adamesque style and none of the designs is known to have been executed. Sets 1-3 are initialed "J.I.M" and are dated 1811 and 1813. Set 4 is neither initialed nor dated, but has the same format (ink with watercolor) and is on the same paper as some of the drawings in sets 1-3 with watermarks 1808-1809. Sets 5-6 are in pencil on paper by different manufacturers, though some are also watermarked 1809. All 6 sets appear to be by the same architect and to have notations in the same handwriting. Set 7 contains an elevation for flanking wings by "Thos. Walker Feby. 4th 1809." Set 8 consists of 4 pencil sketches of a design to enlarge Middleton Place. Set 9 contains miscellaneous drawings. Set 10 contains maps "drawn by Henry Middleton Jun[io]r. 1867."
Black and white portrait of Albert Moses Luria, 2x4 inches. Back of portrait includes inscription reading, "Mother from Albert." Lieutenant in Company I, 23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America and son of Major Raphael J. Moses. He changed his name from Albert Luria Moses to Albert Moses Luria.
An album of carte de visites from the 1860s. Photos picture relatives of the Hyams, Cohen, and Pearlstine families along with several unidentified portraits.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Nineteenth Street Synagogue, former location of Congregation Shearith Israel at the corner of 19th Street and 5th Avenue in New York, on the occasion of its consecration. Published in the September 29, 1860, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish man from Poland, described of a "Polish Jew of rank." From the article "Poland over-ground and under-ground" by John Ross Browne, published in the November 1862 edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Jewish men from Poland. From the article "Poland over-ground and under-ground" by John Ross Browne, published in the November 1862 edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Hand-colored engraved map of Palestine, with an inset map of Jerusalem. From Johnson's new illustrated (steel plate) family atlas : with descriptions, geographical, statistical and historical published / compiled, drawn and engraved under the supervision of J. H. Colton and A. J. Johnson, published New York: Johnson and Browning.
Hand-colored engraved map of Palestine. From Colton’s General atlas : containing one hundred and eighty steel plate maps and plans, on one hundred and nineteen imperial folio sheets / drawn by G. Woolworth Colton ; letter-press descriptions, geographical, statistical, and historical, by Richard Swainson Fisher, published New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the original building of the B'nai El Congregation at Sixth and Cerre Streets in St. Louis. Published in the November 1863 edition of Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Congregation Beth Israel on Crown Street in Philadelphia. From The stranger's guide in Philadelphia, published Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a Jewish musician in Mogadore (Essaouira). Published in the April 1863 edition of Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine.
Sheet music for "Valse chantée au 2me acte du drame : le juif polonais," words by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian; music by Etienne Singla, published Paris: E. Gérard.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the New Synagogue in Berlin. Published in the September 22, 1866, edition of The Illustrated London News.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the New Synagogue in Berlin. From an original drawing by Gottlob Theuerkauf. Published in the January 5, 1867, issue of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Black-and-white lithograph of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Lithograph by Thomas Picken after Ermete Pierotti. Printed by Day & Son. From Jerusalem explored, being a description of the ancient and modern city, Volume 2, by Ermete Pierotti, published Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co.; London: Bell and Daldy.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Chief Rabbi Maier Zipser (1815-1869). Published in Beth-el : Ehrentempel verdienter ungarischer Israeliten by Ignaz Reich.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Jews from Poland in the synagogue on Yom Kippur. After a drawing by Wilhelm August Stryowski. Published in the October 15, 1864, edition of L'Univers illustré.
Hand-colored engraving of Jews from Tunis. Engraving by Edouard Willmann after Emile Rouargue. From La Méditerranée, ses îles et ses bords by Louis Enault, published Paris: Morizot.
Color lithograph of the exterior of the exterior of the Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue) in Stuttgart. Lithograph by F. Schlotterbeck after Hermann Herdtle. Printed and published Stuttgart: Lith. Anstalt v. B. Levi.