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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, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Journalism
Print of men sitting around a table in room with central column.
Gazeta de Amsterdam (Amsterdam Gazette)
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The Gazeta de Amsterdam was printed by David de Castro Tartas, in that city, not regularly, from 1672 to 1702. This is considered the first Jewish newspaper, although it has no particular Jewish…

Contributor:

David de Castro Tartas

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1675

Subjects:

Print, Writing, Economic life, Cities, Profession, Journalism

Categories:

Print & book culture, Reportage
Newspaper page with two columns of text in Spanish and crest with lion on top.
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Der fraynd (The Friend) was the first Yiddish daily in the Russian Empire. Founded by Shaul Ginzburg in St. Petersburg in 1903, Der fraynd was for several years the only Yiddish daily permitted in the…

Contributor:

Shaul Ginsburg

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Yiddish, Writing, Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Advertisements, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Advertisements, Reportage
Page of printed Yiddish text, with one line of Russian text at the bottom of the page.