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The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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I was lying in bed sick when, on January 5th, 1868, the first issue came out. Understandably, the party line and the competition tried to alienate from me János Jankó, the illustrator of the…

Contributor:

Adolf Ágai

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Politics, Artists, Satire, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
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The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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Cartoon in the satirical weekly Borsszem Jankó, depicting the first generation of Borsszem Janko’s writers and illustrators at Kávéforrás (the Coffee Fountain) on Fürdő Street in Budapest, Hungary.

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Writing, Cities, Class, Artists

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
Print of men sitting around a table in room with central column.
To Our Readers (of Magyar Zsidó Szemle)
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We are calling upon the Hungarian general public and especially our Jewish coreligionists to support a new undertaking. Our undertaking does not seek to compete with an existing one; rather, it…

Contributor:

Wilhelm Bacher, József Bánóczi

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1884

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Scholarship, Jewish languages, Education, Community

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Journalism, Political Culture