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1. Avery Class 1911

Date:

1911

Description:

Photograph of twenty-eight students from the Avery Normal Institute.

2. Avery Normal Institute Class of 1911

Date:

1911

Description:

Photograph showing a group of thirty-two students from the Avery Normal Institute pose outside on the school's staircase.

3. A Brivele dem Taten / א בריוועלע דעם טאטען

Date:

1911

Description:

Sheet music for "A brivele dem Taten" = "A letter to father," words and music by Solomon Small; arranged by Joseph Rumshinsky, published New York: Hebrew Publishing Company.

4. Yankee Doodle Abie

Date:

1911

Description:

Sheet music for "Yankee Doodle Abie," words by Arthur Longbrake; music by Eddie Edwards, published Philadelphia: Longbrake & Edwards, Inc.

5. Odds and ends by "Zim"

Date:

1911

Description:

Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. The text reads : --Doctor: "You can live only two days more, Mr. Moses." --Moses: "Oh, doctor dear, maig idt dhree days so I can finish dot medicine. Idt vos so oxpensive."

6. Er sei gelobt, der in seiner Heiligkeit seinem Volke Israel die Thora gegeben / ברוך שנתן תורה לעמו ישראל בקדשתו

Date:

1911

Description:

Black-and-white etching depicting reading from the Torah. Signed by the artist Hermann Struck. The text reads : "Blessed be He, who in His holiness gave the Torah to his people Israel."

7. Drainage Report

Date:

1911

Description:

Report on the drainage of James Island, Charleston County, S.C., by George M. Warren, Drainage Engineer, and Arthur G. Hall, Assistant Drainage Engineer. The report was prepared under the direction of C.G. Elliott, Chief of Drainage Investigations, in June 1911.

8. Postcard of Fannie Strauss

Date:

1911

Description:

(Front) An image of Strauss posing in front of a backdrop and wearing a striped dress. (Back) A note from Strauss to "H. Pearlstine" reads "Just to show that I am still alive."

9. Graduation Portrait of Jacob S. Raisin

Date:

1911

Description:

Black and white graduation portrait of Jacob S. Raisin. The portrait includes a handwritten note reading, "Sincerely yours, Jacob S. Raisin."