Scrapbook #2; compiled by Florence Solomon Bender; has been taken apart., 1930s-1950s
Collection Overview
Correspondence, photographs, photocopies, documents, scrapbooks, daybooks, clippings, ephemera. The papers contain material related to three generations of the Solomon family, including family correspondence from the 1920s to the 1950s (letters, greeting cards, and telegrams), newspaper clippings, engagement and bar mitzvah announcements, invitations, and two daybooks. Notable in the collection is a group of photographs (predominantly from the 1920s but continuing into the 1950s) of Solomon family members and a photo albumn (1920s-1950s), compiled by Florence Solomon Bender, with images of family vacations at Folly Beach and farm trips. Important documents include an original marriage certificate (1918) in English and Hebrew of the nuptials of Isadore Solomon (b. 1897) and Katie Coplan, and miscellaneous World War II-related items such as a 1942 Selective Service Registration certificate and tobacco rationing card.
Dates
- Creation: 1930s-1950s
Creator
- From the Collection: Solomon (Family : Charleston, S.C.) (Family)
- From the Collection: Bender, Florence Solomon, 1910-1954 (Person)
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.75 linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
66 George Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424
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