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Postcard of a fat, prosperous Jewish couple on a waterside cliff

Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.744

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    Postcard of a fat, prosperous Jewish couple on a waterside cliff
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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    This postcard is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
    Geography
    manufacture: Holland (Netherlands : Province)
    distribution: London (England)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Markings
    front, top, black ink : "Do you notice Isaac how the sunshine turns everything to gold?" / "Well I wonder if it will have any effect on my watch-chain?"
    back, left edge, green ink : H. B. Series. London. -- Printed in Holland.
    back, green ink : POST CARD. / For Inland Postage only this space may / be used for Communication. The address only to be / written here. / 3678
    Contributor
    Compiler: Peter Ehrenthal
    Biography
    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.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Classification
    Information Forms
    Category
    Postcards
    Physical Description
    Unused color cartoon postcard of a couple relaxing on a cliff overlooking water on the left. The man stands in the middle and the woman sits on a ridge to his right. Both are fat and have black hair and aquiline noses. He smokes a cigar and wears a boater, tailcoat, red waistcoat, and trousers. She holds a red parasol and wears a hat with flowers and a blue dress. Behind them is a yellow/blue sky with 3 flying birds on the left and a guard rail on the right. The back has English text, a vertical center line separating address and message sections, and a rectangle outline in the upper right.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
    Materials
    overall : cardstock, ink

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by 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.
    Special Collection
    Katz Ehrenthal Collection
    Record last modified:
    2024-10-18 11:22:55
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