Subject: Jewish cemeteries

Advertising envelope and billhead for Isaac H. Dahlman's Empire Sale and Exchange Stables, located at 209 & 211 East 24th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, New York, New York. Dated February 25, 1879. The envelope features a lithograph of a horse's head. Additional information notes that Dahlman's father is buried in Union Field Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery associated with Congregation Rodeph Shalom.

Carte-de-visite photograph depicting an American-Jewish stone engraver. The Hebrew inscription on the headstone reads: "For the child, young in days, Tzvi son of Yom-Tov, born 1855 and died 1861…". The plinth below contains an additional engraving in English and Hebrew: "Union Field Cem[etery], Cong[regation] Rodeph Sholom Ansche Chesed." Union Field Cemetery was jointly operated by Congregations Ansche Chesed and Rodeph Sholom. Albumen print. 4 x 2.5 inches. Date of photograph is estimated to be circa 1860 based on the death date on the headstone.

Three-page letter written by Isaac Hart in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 29, 1862, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hart describes High Holiday services at the Portuguese and Polish synagogues in New Orleans and details the new Jewish burial ground. He was a successful merchant and former president of Congregation Sherith Israel.

A one-page letter written by Michael Seeligson of Galveston, Texas to Isaac Leeser on September 1, 1852, describing the consecration of the Hebrew Cemetery in Galveston. Seeligson details the ceremony, the attendees, and the significance of this event for the small Jewish community. This letter is a rare example of early Texana related to Jewish history.

Carte-de-visite (CDV) photograph of the Jewish Cemetery on Ocean House Road in San Francisco, California. The verso of the photograph is titled "468. Jewish Cemetery, Ocean House Road" and includes a cancelled two-cent revenue stamp dated September 10, 1868. A similar photograph exists in the Library of Congress collection, dating to 1866.

Trade card of Louis Landgraf, Superintendent of Adath Jeshurun Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The card is undated, but circa 1885. The Adath Jeshurun Cemetery opened in 1861 and is located at Bridge and Walker Streets in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. Handwritten notes in pencil appear on the card.