This archival item consists of two parts: a business card for Clarence A. Hart, advertising military equipment at 133 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a report detailing the articles placed in the cornerstone of the new Mickve Israel Synagogue. The report, circa 1885, lists items such as newspapers, coins, and tokens dated 1859, among them a California gold quarter-dollar deposited by nine-year-old Clarence A. Hart.
Subject: Cornerstone Laying Ceremonies
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Lithographed invitation to the laying of the cornerstone ceremony for the new hospital buildings of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, New York, on May 23, 1901. The invitation features a large illustration.
Broadside invitation to the laying of the cornerstone of the new Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 9, 1859. The invitation notes that the sale of the cornerstone and other honors will take place on Sunday, May 8th, at the Cherry Street Synagogue. Numerous names are listed on the invitation. The invitation is dated May 3, 1859.