Subject: Caricatures and cartoons

Newspaper clipping from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, published October 19, 1872, in New York, New York. The clipping features a cartoon depicting President Grant receiving money from Jewish individuals, alluding to his controversial expulsion order of December 17, 1863. The description notes that Grant's order became a significant 'Jewish' issue in a presidential campaign.

This archival item consists of a single page from the July 1, 1915, issue of *Life* magazine. The page features a cartoon depicting a baseball game, allegorically representing Joshua subduing the Hittites. Published in the United States.

A full-page color cartoon from the January 1, 1897 issue of *Puck* magazine, depicting an anti-Semitic caricature. The cartoon is part of a series of nine on a single page and is titled "A Useful Accomplishment; Or, The Beauty of Swelling a Customer's Head."

This trade card advertises Eben & Berckowitz, clothing merchants located at the corner of Broome Street and Springfield Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. The front of the card features a humorous cartoon depicting a woman, possibly a shopper, labeled "The Shopping Fiend That Takes the Surplus." The illustration is likely meant to be lighthearted and eye-catching. The style of the cartoon and the overall design suggest a late 19th-century origin. The back of the card is blank. A note indicates that the card was on display at a Library of Congress Exhibit in Cincinnati during 2005 (AJA).

This trade card advertises Mordecai & Smith Clothing House, located in Baltimore, Maryland. The card's imagery features a comical man in a Pilgrim hat within mostly racist scenes. [Research indicates this is likely a reference to Moses C. (Cohen) Mordecai, a Charleston Confederate (1804-1888), and his business with Judson H. Smith. Numerous court records exist concerning his son, J. Randolph Mordecai, as executor of the will, dealing with issues in Baltimore.] The verso of the card is blank. The card is one of six in a set.