The New Trans-Atlantic Hebrew Line". For the exclusive use of "the persecuted"" – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique engraving captures The New Trans-Atlantic Hebrew Line". For the exclusive use of "the persecuted"" in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The New Trans-Atlantic Hebrew Line". For the exclusive use of "the persecuted""
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Few pictures on this board name a route as directly as this one. Its title, "The New Trans-Atlantic Hebrew Line," offers passage across the Atlantic "for the exclusive use of 'the persecuted,'" and Frederick Opper drew it as a wood engraving for *Puck*, the illustrated satirical weekly, where it appeared in the January 19, 1881, issue on page 339. In the early 1880s, many Jews were leaving Russia and Eastern Europe for the United States, and the cartoon turns that movement into a pointed joke about who was being carried and how the passage was marketed. The record comes from an older caption card, so some of its details have not been fully verified.
| Created / published | 1881 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Wood engrving by F. Opper. Illus. in: Puck, 1881 Jan. 19, p. 339. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - JEWS--CARTOONS--1881. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,280 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173544 |
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