A set of annual reports of the the Fire Department from 1859-1872. Reports missing for years 1862-1865. The annual reports open with a statement from the Fire Chief and include multiple lists of department expenses, financial cost of fires, the cause of the fires, and locations of city property pertaining to the fire department.
Diary of Magdalen Elizabeth Wilkinson Keith for the years 1868-1870. Concerns mostly life at home, and family life. Mentions a solar eclipse [Aug. 1868], teaching at the Normal school and the subjugation of women
A page ripped from a Quaker periodical entitled "Friends Intelligencer," published in Philadelphia in 1868. Discovered above the kitchen firebox on the first floor during 2018 investigations of the Nathaniel Russell House kitchen house.
Page 120 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats, labelled two through six. Plat 2 shows lots and buildings located near Cumberland Street, between Church Street and Philadelphia Street. Plat 3 shows lots located near the intersection Pinckney Street and Anson Street. Plat 4 shows lots and structures located on Hasell Street. Plat 5 shows lots and buildings along East Bay Street. Plat 6 shows lots and structures located between wharf street and the Cooper River.
Page 68 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with eight plats. Plat 1 shows lots and some structures located near the intersection of Rutledge and Wentworth Street. Plat 2 features lots and some structures located near Bull Street, between Lynch Street and Gadsden Street, and has a label reading "Mill Pond." Plat 3 shows lots and buildings located near the intersection of Bull Street and Lynch Street. Plat 4 shows a city block between Wentworth Street and Beaufain Street, and Smith Street and Rutledge Street. Plat 5 shows lots located on Beaufain Street. Plat 6 features a lot located on "Comings Street," between Wentworth Street and Montague Street. Plat 7 shows a city block located between Wentworth Street and Montague Street, and Gadsden and Lynch Street. Plat 8 shows a city block located between Lynch Street and Rutledge Street, and Wentworth Street and Beaufain Street.
Page 62 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with eight plats. Plat 1 shows lots located near East Bay Street. Plat 2 shows a lot on Concord Street, including a wharf. Plat 3 shows three Wharf Lots on Wharf Street, near the intersection with Inspection Street. Plat 4 features a lot on Wharf Street with a dock and a brick building, across the street from a building labelled "Eagle Foundry." Plat 5 shows a lot with several buildings on East Bay Street. Plat 6 shows land near the intersection of East Bay Street and Cumberland Street, with a stretch labelled "Passage to what is now called Central Wharves." Plat 7 shows a wharf and yard on Concord Street, and a structure labelled "Cotton Shed on Brick Pillars." Plat 8 shows a lot located at the intersection of Anson Street and Calhoun Street.
Page 28 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with three plats. Plat 1 shows lots located near Calhoun Street, Bull Street, South Street, Ashley Street, Rutledge Street Lynch Street, and Bennett Street. Plat 1 also shows lots labelled "The Mall," and Lots Belonging to Sundry Persons. Plat 2 shows lots and buildings located near the intersection of Calhoun Street and Lucas Street, including lots labelled "Mansion Lot" and "Left for a Public Square." Plat 3 shows lots and buildings located near Bee Street, between Ashley Street and Rutledge Street.
Page 13 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 features plots on East Bay Street between Tradd Street and Broad Street (which is labelled in the top-left corner), including several wharfs. Plat 2 shows lots located between Archdale Street and King Street, including a plot belonging to the "German Lutheran Church." Plat 3 features a plot of land located on King Street. Plat 4 shows plots located on State Street between Market Street and Amen Street. Plat 5 features "Potters Field Public Cemetery," located near President Street and Congress Street.
Page 5 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with three plats. Plat 1 shows plots near Meeting Street, Russell Street, King Street, and a creek labelled "Small Creek." Plat 2 shows plots of land near the intersection of Water Street and Church Street. Plat 3 shows Calhoun Street where it intersects with Ashley Street and Lynch Street, and shows a lot labeled "St. Xavier's Infirmary."
Color lithograph of the apse and Torah ark of the New Synagogue in Berlin. Lithograph printed Berlin: Lith. Anst. v. W. Loeillot. Published in the Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, Jahrgang 18, 1868.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Temple Emanu-El at 5th Avenue and 43rd Street in New York. From a photograph by George Gardner Rockwood. Published in the November 14, 1868, edition of Harper's Weekly.
Color offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Temple Emanu-El at 5th Avenue and 43rd Street in New York. From a photograph by George Gardner Rockwood. Published in the November 14, 1868, edition of Harper's Weekly.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Temple Emanu-El at 5th Avenue and 43rd Street in New York. Published in the November 4, 1868, edition of Ilustración americana de Frank Leslie.
Color offset print reproduction of the exterior of the North London Synagogue on John Street (now Lofting Road) in Barnsbury. Published in the October 3, 1868, edition of The Illustrated London News.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the North London Synagogue on John Street (now Lofting Road) in Barnsbury. Published in the October 3, 1868, edition of The Illustrated London News.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the former location of Temple Emanu-El at 5th Avenue and 43rd Street in New York, on the occasion of its dedication. Published in the October 8, 1868, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of Baron James Mayer de Rothschild. Published in the December 5, 1868, edition of Harper's Weekly.
Page 136 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with seven plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located on and near the intersection of Liberty Street and St. Philips Street. Plat 2 shows lots located on Archdale Street, near Bennett's Mill Pond. Plat 3 shows lots and structures located on and near the intersection of Rutledge Street and Montague Street. Plat 4 shows lots and structures located on Archdale Street, including a building labelled "Hope Engine House." Plat 5 shows a lot located along Clifford Alley, near a lot labelled "Unitarian Church." Plat 6 shows lots located along King Street. Plat 7 shows lots located on and near Calhoun Street, located between Smith Street and Rutledge Street.
