Subject: Centennials

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Declaration of Independence Centennial Memorial Broadside: Facsimile Presentation by S. Freedman & Co., Detroit, 1874 Declaration of Independence Centennial Memorial Broadside: Facsimile Presentation by S. Freedman & Co., Detroit, 1874

Engraved broadside on rice paper, measuring 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches, commemorating the centennial of the Declaration of Independence (1776-1876). Published in New York by James D. McBride for the Columbian Publishing Company in 1874. This facsimile replicates the Stone engraving but includes a patriotic border and a revised signature arrangement to accommodate advertising in the lower right corner. This particular broadside was presented by S. Freedman & Co., Detroit, Michigan, dealers in dry goods and carpets, located at 147, 149 & 151 Woodward Avenue. S. Freedman was active in local Jewish affairs, and the Freedman family were early Jewish settlers in Detroit, listed in the 1837 city directory.

Programma van den herdenkingsdienst van het eeuwfeest der inwijding der synagoge 'Newee Sjaloom', Suriname, 1937: Program of the Commemoration Service Programma van den herdenkingsdienst van het eeuwfeest der inwijding der synagoge 'Newee Sjaloom', Suriname, 1937: Program of the Commemoration Service

Program for the commemoration service of the centenary of the consecration of the Synagogue 'Newee Shalom' in Suriname, 1937. Published in Paramaribo, Suriname.