Inscribed postcard of 2 Jewish men miscommunicating

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. 

The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family. 

Inscribed postcard of 2 Jewish men miscommunicating 

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

This postcard is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials. 

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Color cartoon postcard of a fat man on the left talking to a thin man on the right. Both have stereotypical Jewish features including red, hook noses, beady eyes, and thick lips. The fat man smokes a cigar and wears a boater, red striped jacket, and trousers. The thin man smokes a cigarette, wears a hat, coat, yellow bowtie, and trousers, and has a towel on his left arm. Both are frowning and confused. They are outdoors and a fat man and two red striped buildings are between them in the background. English text is at the top. The back has 2 postmarks, a note and address, and a red 1 penny British postage stamp with an image of King George V. back, top, postmark, stamped, black ink : [BLACK]POOL BRITISH [?] BL[AC]KPOOL / 2. [?] 2. [?] / 7 JUN [18?] EXHIBITION 1924 7 JUN [18?] EXHIBITION back, left, cursive, black ink : 10’ Winifred St. Blackpool / Dear Friends, / Blackpool is quiet this week but / crowds expected next for the great Carnival, / pleased to say we are feeling much better / Dad won’t come home Saturday he is going to / the Carnival (we may stay the evening.) I / don’t think, Ma says she can just [?] / this nicely nothing to do, and [plenty?] of [time?] to / do it all (but not for [?]) Hope all are / well Love from Emmie