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The Skinner Skinned: An Anti-Semitic Chromolithograph by Currier & Ives

Chromolithograph depicting a highly exaggerated Jewish shoemaker and an African American customer. This anti-Semitic print, likely produced between 1881 and 1890 by Currier & Ives, shows a comical scene where the shoemaker falls off his seat as the shoe sole hits him. Published in the United States.

Associated People/Businesses

Ostenbach, V.
Courier & Ives
NO NAME

Geography

New York City

Subjects

Antisemitism
Racism
African Americans
Jews--United States
Chromolithography

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Crate 6, Well 7