Al Sharpton, Mt Carmel Baptist Church, Far Rockaway, NY
Installation service for Rev. Darren Ferguson
Al Smith and then New York governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Al Smith speaking into an NBC microphone
Perkins gathered these and other photographs of Al Smith for her unpublished biography. Some of them were used by Matthew and Hannah Josephson in their 1969 biography of Smith.
14th or 15th century (text) and mid-18th to mid-19th century (binding)
This is a relatively early example of a revival in illumination (tazhib) designs which flourished in the 1880s. Subtle allusions to Qur'anic verses are given through the presence of a bee (Q16:68-69) and moth (Q101:4).
14th or 15th century (text) and ca. 1880-1890 (binding)
Ibn Muḥammad Muḥsin al-Ḥusaynī Muḥammad Hādī
1177 / 1763 (text) and late 18th century (binding)
Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad bin Muṭahhar al-Tūsī
14th century (text) and 17th or 18th century (binding)
It is unclear if this binder should be associated with Lutf-ʿAlī Khān, a prolific painter active in Shiraz between ca. 1850-65. Both artists had an eye for botanical detail, although the present binding uses a simpler ground […]
al-Qurʾān. Inside front doublure (with signature)
Alan : lo sceriffo nero ; Scari : il piccolo Somalio. Issue 7, Cover
Album of Beautiful Colored Views of Dallas, Texas. Cover.