A report from the mayor, city council and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1909. The Year Book opens with an address from Mayor R. Goodwyn Rhett followed by reports from various departments.
1909 booklet advertising the Pine Forest Inn, a Summerville, S.C. resort which opened in 1891. The description emphasizes the Inn's luxury accomodations, and the beneficial climate and health benefits of wintering in Summerville
The College of Charleston Magazine is a monthly publication released by the College of Charleston's Chrestomathic Society during the academic year. This volume is comprised of the bound together publications from the months of October 1909-June 1910; excluding April 1910.
A stereoscopic image of an African American man posed along side a a stone mill to hull rice. Text at the bottom of the image states: "Large Stones for Hulling Rice; the Hulling Stone for Removing Chaff."
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Town of Sullivan Island City Council. This volume covers topics such as moving the town jail, discussion of racial segregation laws on electric railways, the discovery of a Black man's body near Station 29, and various financial and infrastructural reports.
18"x20" black-and-white photograph of the 1909 Sunday School Building Committee. Pictured are J.H Puckhaber, J. H. Tietjen, F.D. Hartmann, and D.A. Amme.
Information on qualifications for admission to the Training School for Nurses, provides a listing of faculty, advisory board, and officers of the corportation, and a history of the institution. Included is a B&W image of the hospital
An elliptical portrait of Mary Pearlstine as a child. She's wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat. Notes on the back indicate the photo was taken in October 1909.
Sheet music for "Yisrolik in sein eigen land" = "Yiśroliḳ in zayn aygen land," word by Louis Gilrod; music by Arnold Perlmutter and Herman Wohl, published New York: Hebrew Publishing Company.
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of kapparot. The following is recited during the ceremony : "This is my exchange, this is my substitute, this is my atonement."
A portrait of Mary Pearlstine as a young child. She's wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat and holding a coat. The logo indicates the portrait was taken at Clarke's Studio in Charleston, S.C.