Inscribed postcard of a pouting man pawning his pocket watch
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Philco Publishing Co. (Publisher)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
This postcard is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Postcard with a color illustration of a gentile man handing his pocket watch to a Jewish man. He wears a boater, blue jacket, and slacks, holds golf clubs and a racquetball racket, and pouts. The Jewish man is fat and balding, has a red hook nose, and wears a red vest and red checkered trousers. He smiles and stands just outside a store doorway. Next to it is a window with MONEY LENT. A 3 orb pawnbroker symbol is above the men. Water and a pier are in the background. The back has a handwritten note.
back, cursive, black ink : V Smith / Dear Violet / Just a P C to let you / know I am having a good time / + lovely weather we have been / over to [C?]oves to think of / stri[pp?]ing after sitting by the sea / love Ada
Genre
- Information Forms
- Object