A Fool There Was

Two women in hats surrounded by pigeons in city plaza, with ornate doorway behind them.

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in Venice

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy.Born in Pittsburgh, Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was brought up in Oakland, California. She graduated from Radcliffe College in…

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Medal depicting two figures on either side of a set of tablets and small portrait of man in center.

Medal of Appreciation

In 1860, the Austrian Jewish community commissioned a medal of appreciation for Franz Joseph to commemorate the emperor’s granting to Jews the right to own property within the Austrian Empire. On the…

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Printed page with Hebrew text in the middle surrounded by floral design and figures.

Amulet for a Newborn Girl

Printed amulet for an infant girl from Germany. It was (presumably) printed alongside its companion amulet for a male child (see “Amulet for a Newborn Boy”). However, the pair were separated. A woman…

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