Subject: City directories

This 1852 edition of Cohen's New Orleans Directory covers New Orleans, Jefferson City, Carrollton, Gretna, Algiers, and McDonogh. It contains approximately thirty-eight thousand names of residents and businesses, offering a valuable snapshot of New Orleans' diverse population, including its significant Jewish community. Notable entries include Judah P. Benjamin and Judah Touro. The directory includes a full-page advertisement for the Touro Infirmary (founded in 1852), featuring an early engraving of the building and listing Dr. Bensadon as director. Additional noteworthy features are the fourteen steel-engraved portraits of prominent citizens and numerous wood-engraved advertisements throughout.

This is an 1880 city directory for Selma, Alabama, and surrounding smaller towns. The directory includes a listing of the Mishkah Israel Congregation, located at the corner of Alabama and Lauderdale Streets, with Rabbi G. L. Rosenberg listed as the pastor. The directory also lists numerous other Jewish residents throughout the covered areas.