Inscribed postcard of a smiling Jewish man smoking a cigar
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
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 cartoon of a man in three quarter right profile wearing a Bukharian kippah, pince-nez, coat, and a shirt with a large, shiny jewel on the chest. He has a bald crown, forked beard, yellow lips, and stereotypical Jewish features including short curly hair and a large nose. He smokes a cigar, closes his eyes, smiles, and holds out his left hand in a shrug. English text is inscribed to his right. The back has 3 postmarks, an address, and a green 1 cent United States postage stamp with an image of Benjamin Franklin. See records 2016.184.758 and 2016.184.759 for other issues of this postcard.
front, cursive, black ink : Dear Aunt Jill / You / will have / a good / time if / you come / here, / maybe / you / think they / have no room, / but there is an empty / bed, now you just come / Gussie back, top center, postmark, stamped, black ink : CHICAGO, IL / JAN 25 / 130 AM / 1908 back, top center, postmark, stamped, black ink : [D]ENVER, COLO / JAN 26 / 830 AM / 1908 back, right, cursive, black ink : Mrs. J. Davidson / 115 So Broadway / Denver / Colorado back, bottom left, in logo, stamped, black ink : A·H·
Genre
- Object
- Information Forms