Postcard with a black-and-white photograph of the crematorium furnaces at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, on the site of Auschwitz concentration camp.
A postcard of the mural from the main lobby of the Fort Sumter Hotel that depicts the attack on Fort Sumter. The front of the postcard reads, "This mural painting, in the Main Lobby of the Fort Sumter Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, symbolizes the initial attack by Confederate forces, beginning the War Between the States.--The painting is by Alfred Hutty, internationally noted artist and etcher." The back of the postcard reads, "The first shot of the War Between the States was fired April 12, 1861, from a Confederate battery at Fort Johnson (position of the observer in this painting) and landed on the parade ground of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. In this painting Fort Sumter is center, Fort Moultrie to the distant left and a floating Confederate battery to the right. The flag is the original seven star flag of the Confederacy. Fort Sumter, occupied by Confederates on April 14, 1861, was under constant siege by Federal forces from that date until February 18, 1865--In 1948 Fort Sumter was designated a national monument."
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the first panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the exterior of the Bornplatzsynagoge (Bornplatz Synagogue) in Hamburg, which was consecrated in September 13, 1906.
Postcard of the brick and wrought iron doorway and gateway at the Simmons-Edwards House in Charleston, S.C. Back of postcard reads, "One of the very finest examples of dignity and beauty in doorway, steps, and ironwork is in this period approach."
Postcard from the 14th World Zionist Congress held in Vienna. With a black-and-white photograph of the cypress tree planted by Theodor Herzl in Motsa during his 1898 visit to Palestine. Includes an inset portrait of Herzl. The Hebrew text at the top of the postcard is excerpted from Jeremiah 31:16 : "And thy children shall return to their own border."
Postcard with a reproduction of Die Synagoge from the Heilsspiegelaltar (Mirror of Salvation altarpiece) by Konrad Witz, which is held by the Kunstmuseum Basel.
Mis-identified on the postcard as a Spanish fort. Greyscale image of the tabby ruins at Fort Frederick, built during the 1730s by the English. Correspondence on back.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the gravestones of Rabbi Moses Isserles and his father Israel in the Remuh Cemetery, also known as the Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków.
Color photographic postcard of replicas of four tombstones from the Beth Haim Cemetery in Bleinheim, held at the Jewish Cultural Historical museum in Curaçao.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the grave of Judah Touro in the Old Jewish Cemetery of Newport, also called the Colonial Jewish Cemetery of New England and the Touro Cemetery.
Postcard with drawing of Colonial Coffee Shoppe in Myrtle Beach with "Colonial Coffee Shoppe, Route 17, Myrtle Beach, S.C., America's Finest Strand" printed on it.
Color photographic postcard of the interior of the Vittorio Veneto Synagogue. In 1965, the interior was transferred in its entirety to The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, where it was reconstructed.
Postcard of the entrance of the Dock Street Theatre. Back of postcard reads: "Dock Street Theatre. Opened in 1736. First legitimate theatre in America. Built exclusively as a theatre. Restored in 1937. It was the Planters Hotel in 1809. First Hotel in Charleston where Charleston Society of over a century ago gathered."
Color photographic postcard of the interior, including the Torah ark, of the Central Synagogue in Kiryat Shmuel, Haifa. The ark was brought to Haifa from a synagogue in Reggio Emilia.
Postcard of the front of the Charleston Museum. Back of postcard reads: "The Charleston Museum is the oldest museum in North America. It was founded in 1773. It has an excellent collection of natural history groups and Low Country subects."
Postcard of the Sword Gate at Simonton House in Charleston, S.C. Back of postcard reads, "The Simonton house at 32 Legare Street was built in 1776. These noted gates and gateway were placed here between 1815-1820. The sword gates are considered the finest examples of early wrought iron work."
