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Unemployed Yiddish Writers
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The writers of the radical press (also) have the full right to life, to be free, and to seek their fortune in—a bread line.

Contributor:

Der Tunkeler

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Poverty, Economic life, Cities, Writing, Modernity

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Music
Drawing of men, wearing hats, standing in a line. Yiddish text appears above and below them.
The Fire’s Victims
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Contributor:

Louis Gilrod, David Meyerowitz

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Memorial, Mourning, Death, Cities, Migration

Categories:

Performing Arts, Popular Poetry, Music
Page with Yiddish and English titles and drawing of fire engulfing building in center.
Broadway’s Not a Bad Place after All
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Contributor:

Eddie Cantor, Harry Ruby

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Music, Cities, Performing arts

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music, Popular Poetry
Poster with English text and photograph of two men, surrounded by drawing of a clown and a woman in a mask dancing.
The Water Sprite—Polka
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Louis Gottschalk wrote “The Water Sprite—Polka de Salon” soon upon his return to the United States after spending most of his teenaged years in Europe, where he was sent by his father to study music…

Contributor:

Louis Gottschalk

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Date:

1853

Subjects:

Music, Cities, Dance, Ashkenazi

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music, Dance
Printed page with ornate decorative border around English text.