Postcard of a girl offering a hot frying pan to a Jewish pawnbroker

Identifier
irn545233
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.184.768
Dates
1 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 1909
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)

Creator(s)

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 gentile girl attempting to sell a frying pan to a pawnbroker. She wears a green dress and looks up at the pawnbroker who stands behind a counter. He has stereotypical Jewish features including dark curly hair, a large nose, and hooded eyes. He holds the frying pan and looks at it in surprise. Behind them are shelves of merchandise and on the left is an open door framing an empty street. English text is on the bottom and the back.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.