From the partners’ collections: Yiddish theater poster for “The Reverend’s Lady” at the Lawrence Opera House in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Creator: Unknown
Medium: Color poster
Date: 1918 April 18
Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=1214218
Call Number: 1967.001.044
Collection:Yiddish Theater Posters
Repository: American Jewish Historical Society
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From the partners’ collections: Goetz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
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Description: Limited edition of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Goetz von Berlichingen, illustrated with woodcuts by Bruno Goldschmitt (1881-1925), a German-Jewish artist from Nuremberg.
Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Creator: Goldschmitt, Bruno, 1881-1925
Object Origin: Hellerau bei Dresden, 1923
Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=797483
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