Trade card from Rabbi J. Sechtzer, Official Mohel [Jewish circumcision performer] of the Hospital of Beth Israel Hospital, and Performer of Marriages. The card has his job title in Hebrew, English, and German, as well as the blessing that the Mohel says in Hebrew and transliterated into English. It also states that he is a Graduate Mohel of the Board of Mihle; 216-218 East Houston Street, New York, NY
Corporate Name:
Rabbi J. Sechtzer; Beth Israel Hospital
Date:
unknown
Language:
English; Hebrew; German
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Trade card from A. Rubenstein's Cheap Boot & Shoe Store, with an image of an elephant with an advertisement draped over its back and carrying a flag with its trunk that says, "Dier wird Deutsch Gesprochen" in German
Corporate Name:
A. Rubenstein
Date:
unknown
Language:
English; German
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Trade card from Meyer & Co, Hoteliers, Money Changers, and Purveyors of Household Goods to Emigrants, with an image of front of the hotel, a list of prices, and instruction to wear the trade card like a badge so that employees can find you and help you locate the hotel; Hamburg, Germany
Corporate Name:
Meyer & Co.
Date:
unknown
Language:
German
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Food industry and trade; Jewish merchants; Trade cards (advertising); Caricatures; Prejudices
Description:
Trade card from Fleischmann & Co's Compressed Yeast, with a caricature of a Black man serving buckwheat cakes on the recto and a recipe for buckwheat cakes using Fleischmann & Co.'s compressed yeast on the verso in English and German
Corporate Name:
Fleischmann & Co.
Date:
unknown
Language:
English; German
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
