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4. The Hebraization of the American drama

The Hebraization of the American drama
Date:
1893
Description:
Caricature by F. T. Richards published in the December 28, 1893, edition of Life. The caption reads : "For further details just look in at almost any New York theatre."

6. The political Baxter Street

The political Baxter Street
Date:
1888
Description:
Caricature by Charles Jay Taylor published in the August 8, 1888, edition of Puck. The text reads : --Ben and Levi: "You can haf dose clodings sheap, und we treat you mit a drink und a cigar! --Workingman: "Bah! You've been using those old togs for a sign for over twenty-five years. I'm going down to Cleveland's Free-Wool Emporium!"

7. The latest dodge in Baxter Street

The latest dodge in Baxter Street
Date:
1887
Description:
Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. Two men are depicted as "the puller-in of the past" and "the prey."

8. An old saying twisted

An old saying twisted
Date:
1884
Description:
Caricature by Frederick Burr Opper published in the August 12, 1884, edition of Puck. The caption reads : "When 'honest men' fall out, thieves have to suffer."

10. [Mister! Vas costen to go in dot vouter?]

[Mister! Vas costen to go in dot vouter?]
Date:
1880 and 1889
Description:
Caricature depicting a Jewish family on the water in Manhattan Beach. The text reads : "Mister! Vas costen to go in dot vouter?" Caricature printed by Tobin N.Y.

11. Chatham Street

Chatham Street
Date:
1878
Description:
Caricature of Jews selling old clothes on Chatham Street in New York. From Pictures of New York life & character, published New York: G.W. Averell & Co.

12. [Um Gotteswillen, Heimann Levi…]

[Um Gotteswillen, Heimann Levi…]
Date:
1877
Description:
Caricature by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler published in the April 1877 edition of Puck. The caricature depicts a conversation between the Jewish peddler Heimann Levi and a personification of New York. In German, the text reads : --Dame New-York: "Um Gotteswillen, Heimann Levi, geh' schnell hinein in die Assembly." --Heimann Levi: "Ich in die Assembly? Was soll ich da drinnen thun?" --Dame New-York: Damit zu den Herren, die viel sprechen, endlich einmal Einer kommt, der blos handelt." In English, the text reads : --Dame New-York: "For God's sake, Heimann Levi, go quickly into the Assembly." --Herimann Levi: "Me in the Assembly? What should I do inside?" --Dame New-York: "So that to the gentlemen, who speak a lot, finally comes one for once, who merely acts." In German, the verb handeln can mean "trade" or "deal," as a peddler does, as well as "act."

13. [Ah Rachel I wud'nt shtay in dot vouter...]

[Ah Rachel I wud'nt shtay in dot vouter...]
Description:
Caricature depicting a Jewish family on the water in Manhattan Beach. The text reads : "Ah Rachel I wud'nt sthay in dot vouter - I dink I go out and look on de vouter." Caricature printed by Tobin N.Y.

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