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1. William Martin Aiken Sketchbook, 1889

Date:
1889
Description:
Pencil sketches by Charleston-born architect William Martin Aiken. Primarily interior architectural features from Venice, Italy, with a few outdoor scenes.

2. The Zacharias Collection

Date:
1889 and 1888
Description:
Still images found among the belongings of Henry T. Zacharias, a Charleston builder and contractor in the late 19th- and early-20th century. Zacharias built and/or repaired many notable buildings in Charleston. Includes photographs and one engraving of buildings on which he worked (or likely worked); photographs of battleships in dry dock at the Charleston Navy Yard; and a photograph of his gravesite at Magnolia Cemetery. (Note: Two of Mr. Zacharias's ledger books are in Special Collections at College of Charleston, 'Henry T. Zacharias Ledgers, 1905-1910.')

4. Die "Salomon's-Mauer" der Blainiac-Republikaner

Date:
1889
Description:
Caricature by Bernhard Gillam published in Puck. The caricature depicts William Walter Phelps, Murat Halstead, and Joseph Medill standing at the "Solomon's Wall" of Blainiac Republicans (referring to James Gillespie Blaine), which is labeled with the words "party patronage." William M. Evarts is shown approaching the wall. In German, the text reads : "Die Juden von Jerusalem versammeln sich noch heutzutage an der sog. 'Salomon’s Mauer' der Tempel-Ruinen und wehklagen über die verschwundene Herrlichkeit Israel’s." In English, the text reads : "The Jews of Jerusalem gather even today in front of what is called "Salomon's Wall" (Western Wall) of the Temple ruins and lament the vanished glory of Israel."

6. Le grande synagogue, place du Duc, à Aldgate

Date:
1889
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Great Synagogue in London at Duke's Place. Published in the December 14, 1889, edition of L'Univers illustré.

7. De Synagoge te Nürnberg

Date:
1889
Description:
Color offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) on Hans-Sachs-Platz in Nuremberg. From the Geïllustreerde encyclopaedie: woordenboek voor wetenschap en kunst, beschaving en nijverheid, Volume 8, by Antony Winkler Prins.