Wedding portrait of Joseph Oussani and Margaret Shea who were married on May 23rd 1896 in New York City. The photograph is labeled "DeYOUNGS' Broadway COR, 12th Street, N.Y." The back side of the photograph reads "The frame ordered 12x16 send to Mrs.…
Wedding portrait of Joseph Oussani and Margaret Shea who were married on May 23rd 1896 in New York City. The photograph is labeled "DeYOUNGS' Broadway COR, 12th Street, N.Y."
A letter written by Joseph Oussani dated 5 May 1896. Joseph announces his upcoming marriage to a young Irish Catholic American girl to his parents in Baghdad, begging their blessing since they could not be there. He mentions that his brothers, Yak…
A letter in Arabic from Joseph Oussani in New York to his parents in Baghdad, Iraq telling them of his marriage to Irish-American Margaret Shea, dated 5 May 1896. Two photocopies of the original, a handwritten English translation by Leon Bushara,…
A photograph of a peddling Syrian woman in New York and an accompanying caption. These pages are from the book "Street Types of Great American Cities" by Sigmund Krausz, published in 1896.
