The Horlbeck Daybook, 1835-1837, was kept by members of the Horlbeck building and architectural business. Included in the daybook are lists of work done for clients such as remodeling, repair, or construction. Buildings worked on include the jail, St. Stephen's Chapel, the Fire Master's Department, and the Poor House. The descriptions include types of materials used and the number of Black and White employees working. Black employees consist of enslaved and freed persons.
A list of enslaved persons or "work hands" at Wavery Plantation. The list is divided between "task hands" and "half hands." The other pages include a note on "negro houses," and a list of enslaved persons who do not work in the field.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. From Meyer's Universum, oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten und Merkwürdigsten der Natur und Kunst auf der ganzen Erde, published Hildburghausen: Bibliogr. Instit.
Hand-colored lithograph of the exterior of the Óbuda Synagogue in Budapest. Lithograph by Carl Graf Vasquez. From Topographie der königl. ungarischen freyen Städte Ofen und Pesth von Carl Graf Vasquez.
Black-and-white lithograph of Jews from Algiers. Lithograph after a drawing by R. Jungmann. From Costumes, moeurs et usages des Algériens by R. Jungmann, published Strasbourg: J. Bernard.
