Portrait of Ameen Rihani, seated in a chair, taken in New York 1904.

A drawing done in Chinese ink of Ameen Rihani in 1904 by the Lebanese artist, Mustapha Farroukh.

A postcard depicting Arab stone cutters in the Jerusalem replica at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.

From Trey Matthews: "Passport Application for George Joseph Safy dated 6 Aug 1904. Birth date listed as 4 Jan 1877 in Syria. Year of arrival listed as 1894. Witnessed by Salim B. Nofal."

A birth record for Gabriel Joseph, born on December 3, 1904, in Waterville, Maine. It lists the father's name as Abraham Joseph and his occupation as Merchant, and the mother's maiden name as Raphael Joseph.

The record label for Alexander Maloof's America Ya Hilwa.