us-005578-irn537029-irn545225
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scope and content: This postcard is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Unused postcard with a color cartoon of a man in left profile standing outside a shop doorway. He is fat and has a bald crown, short gray hair, and stereotypical Jewish features, including a large, red nose. His eyes are closed and he smiles contentedly. A MONEY ADVANCED sign and a 3 orb pawnbroker symbol are hung from the store. On the left behind the store is an empty street and building. The back has English text.
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has or had holder: us-005578
has or had some members with language: eng
is or was included in: us-005578-irn537029
has record set type: Item
record resource extent: overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
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.
title: Cartoon postcard of a Jewish man in a pawnshop doorway
archival history: The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
identifier: irn545225