Letter to Jane L. Raisin from her husband, Jacob S. Raisin, regarding his travels abroad. The letter addresses reading letters from the family, the end of his Mediterranean trip, his upcoming boat trip back to America, and some of his time in France.
A handwritten, four-page letter from Marie Larmande to Susan Alston in which she informs Alston about the social season in Paris, including events hosted by Spanish and American people, and various details of her personal life.
Postcard with a black-and-white reproduction of the first panel of a tapestry at L'église Saint-Jean-Saint-François depicting the miracle of the Rue de Billetts, in which a Jew living in Paris was accused of stabbing a communion wafer, causing blood to flow from it.
The Charles Manigault Letter Book, 1846-1848 is a bound volume kept by Charles I. Manigault while living in Paris, France with his family between 1846-1848. Letters were sent to James Coward, overseer at Silk Hope Plantation, Thomas Middleton, R. Habersham & Son, Alfred Huger, Anthony Barclay, Y. Haynes, overseer at Gowrie Plantation, Louis Manigault and Charles Manigault Jr. Topics of conversation found in these letters include business operations at the plantations, enslaved people's resistance via running away, treatment and punishment of slaves, a group of slaves taking an overseer to court, living abroad in Paris, Charles Manigault's views on racial equality in Paris, the Manigault children's schooling in Paris and at Yale College, traveling Europe, meeting Muhammad Ali, the leader of Egypt and discussing the Mexican American War and Egyptian politics, Charles Manigault's Huguenot ancestry and history, and being in Paris during the French Revolution of 1848.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the war memorial to the memory of soldiers, resistance fighters, and those who died in the concentration camps during World War II. The memorial is located inside of the Grand Synagogue of Paris.
This 1947 photograph of Francine was taken in Paris, France. She was asked to sit for a photographer she met at a wedding, and she received this photograph in return.
This 1948 photograph shows Francine, Germaine, and Suzanne Ajzensztark in their Paris flat at 17 Boulevard de la Villette. The family had to sue to get their flat back from a woman that occupied it during the war and didn't want to return it to the Ajzensztarks after the war.
A receipt showing the cost of chinaware shipped from Paris to Charleston for Charles Alston. The cost in francs is converted to dollars for a total of $433.07.
Black-and-white offset print reproductions of the exterior and interior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris. Published in the September 12, 1874, edition of L'Univers illustré.
