Three photographs on page. Top left: Allee on the grounds of plantation likely in Georgetown. Top right: Barn, carriages, and a mule on a Georgetown plantation. Bottom: Woman holding an infant in front of a dwelling on a Georgetown Plantation.
Two photographs on page. Top: View of Screven Street in Georgetown, South Carolina. The Georgetown County Courthouse is at left. Bottom: Interior room of unidentified house, featuring china hutch and other furnishings.
Summons sent to Samuel Hart Sr. from Nathaniel Levin, secretary and treasurer of KKBE Board of Trustees, requesting Hart's presence at a meeting for the sale of synagogue seats.
Meeting minutes volume kept by the town of Moultrieville's city council (later the Town of Sullivan Island City Council). This volume covers topics such as the U.S. Government's land acquisition on Sullivan's Island, the institution of building codes and public health laws, the installation of electric lights on Sullivan's Island, and the state legislature's revocation of Moultrieville's town charter.
Alex writes about the children and encloses a flyer from R.M. Marshall (Broad St. brokers) encouraging investors to build homes for rent at Sheffield, Alabama
Page 190 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots located along Addison's Court, between Meeting Street and a lot owned by the South Carolina Rail Road. Plat 2 shows lots along Kennedy Street, near Line Street and a stretch of Marsh.
Page 170 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with four plats. Plat 1 shows lots located between King Street and Meeting Street, and between Romney Street and Grove Street. Plat 2 shows lots located between King Street and Meeting Street, and between Brigade Street and Mount Pleasant Street. Plat 4 shows lots located on Butler Street, near its intersection with Russell Street. Plat 5 features a lot labelled "Reservoir," located between Hanover Street and America Street.
A scrapbook by Erastus W. Everson (1837-1897) documenting his time spent serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861- 1865); the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands during the American Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); as a librarian at the University of South Carolina and a newspaper editor.
1890-1899, 1900-1909, 1880-1889, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, and 1910-1919
Description:
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, 1869-1915. The volume contains sporadic entries regarding all Society business, data on constitutions, finances, membership, aid given by the Society. The volume also includes resolutions on the deaths of members including that of Miss Sally Lopez, founder of the Society.
Plat contains land on the Santee River; acreage unknown. No structures are included. Names associated with this plat are S.G. Staney, A.M. Rickenbacher, and Fred J. Smith. Notable geographic locations include the Santee River.
A report from the mayor, city council and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1890. The Year Book opens with an address from Mayor Bryan followed by reports from various departments.
Diary kept by Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin entitled, "My Life's Tragi-Comedy." The diary is comprised of personal entries and correspondence bound together in order to create a chronological log of events during Jacob S. Raisin's life and Rabbinical career between the years of 1892-1905.
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Board of Trustees, 1897-1909. The entries in this volume concern all discussions regarding synagogue business, finances, memberships, the "Ottolengui Fund," the management of several real estate assets, the installation of electric lights in the synagogue, and the decision to discuss a reverend's conduct with him.
Three photographs on page. Top left and bottom: View from the Cooper River of the piers and boats on the Charleston waterfront behind the U.S. Customhouse. The Customhouse can be seen in the background as well as Market Street buildings. Top right: Unidentified beach scene, possibly Isle of Palms.
Three photographs on page. Top: Slave cabins along an allée on the grounds of a plantation likely in Georgetown. Bottom left: View of the Georgetown Lighthouse and dwelling. Bottom right: Woman and two men standing on the boardwalk in front of the dwelling adjacent to the Georgetown Lighthouse.
Three photographs on page. Top left: View of bluff on a river, likely the Pee Dee River. Top right: Bluff and dwelling on Pee Dee River. Bottom: Boardwalk on unidentified beach.
Three photographs on page. Top: View across a river. Bottom left: View of All Saints Episcopal Church; gravestone in foreground. Bottom right: View of a rice canal; portion of a rice trunk in foreground.
Three photographs on page. Top left: Four women and a man on a sand dune at an unidentified beach. Top right: Three men stand on the steamboat Emma A. Twiggs on the Pee Dee River. Bottom: View across the Pee Dee River.
Three photographs on page. Top: Man stands by tree on the grounds of a plantation, likely in Georgetown; plantation structures or dwellings in background. Bottom left: Boy after hunting, holding his rifle in one hand and a dead bird in the other; plantation structures or dwellings in background. Bottom right: Boy seated on a mule in front a plantation dwelling.
Three photographs on page. Top left and top right: Rice cultivation scenes, likely at a Georgetown plantation. White man looks on at African-American field workers threshing rice. Winnowing house at right in both photos; mill building at left in the top right photo. Bottom: Three men relaxing under a tent.
Three photographs on page. Top: Man and woman in a horse and buggy. Bottom left: Two men and two women riding on a horse and buggy; woman in the backseat is likely Sabina Elliott Wells (artist, designer, Newcomb potter). Bottom right: Two women standing on a lawn with children and a mule-drawn cart in background; woman on left is likely Sabina Elliott Wells.
Three photographs on page. Top left: Five African-American hucksters with baskets of goods balanced on their heads standing under a balcony; the dresses of the three women standing above them on the balcony are also in view. Top right: Men in a mule-drawn cart riding by farm buildings on a Georgetown plantation. Bottom: Group of people and a dog picnicking on the rocks by a river, possibly at Flat Rock, N.C.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the funeral of Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler at the Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery. Published in the February 1, 1890, edition of The Illustrated London News.
Color lithographic maps showing the dispersal of the descendants of Noah after the flood, and the twelve tribes of Israel, with additional biblical maps. From Cram's universal atlas : geographical, astronomical and historical by George F. Cram, published Chicago: George F. Cram.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Great Synagogue in London at Duke's Place during a service in memory of Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler. Published in the February 1, 1890, edition of The Illustrated London News.
A photograph of a Plains Native American man and woman. They are standing in front of a teepee with other teepees being constructed in the background. In front of the couple is a dog attached to a travois, a harness used to pull objects. The woman and man are both wearing traditional outfits. The caption below the photo reads "Bull's Head Indian, Squaw and Dog in Harness." The accompanying article details Canada's relationship with Native American tribes.
Currency in the form of an anklet in high relief. Created with puddle mold method of casting. Origin Ekonda people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).