Saturday, December 31, 2011

A happy new year Hebrew Publishing Co.

Title: A happy new year. Date Created / Published: [S.l.] : Hebrew Publishing Co., [between 1900 and 1920] Medium: 1 photomechanical print (postcard) : offset lithograph, color.

Summary: Print shows Moses and Aaron. Moses holds the Ten Commandment tablets, Aaron an incense burner. Between them are two vignettes relating to Moses' life. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-15864 (digital file from original print)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: LOT 13151, no. 11, p. 6, bottom c-P&P Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

This Image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, where Works published prior to 1923 are copyright protected for a maximum of 75 years. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" PDF from the U.S. Copyright Office. Works published before 1923 in this case [between 1900 and 1920] , are now in the public domain.

Notes: Title from item. No. 6. Written on back: Best wishes for a Bright & Happy New Year. Mr. 7 Mrs. Sadler 1649 N. 8th St. [addressed to] Mr. & Mrs. N. Bendiener, 1719 N. 8th St., Phila. Forms part of: Ephemera from the Alfred Bendiner Memorial Collection (Library of Congress).

Subjects: Moses--1900-1920. Aron--(Biblical priest)--1900-1920. Biblical events--1900-1920. Format: Offset photomechanical prints--Color--1900-1920. Postcards--1900-1920. Collections: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand.

A happy new year Hebrew Publishing Co.

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Happy new year!

Title: Happy new year! Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building, 1910 December 28. Medium: 1 photomechanical print : offset, color.

Summary: Illustration shows Father Time ringing bells proclaiming "The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number", while a crowd in the street celebrates the New Year by using noisemakers, horns, drums, and cymbols to sound their personal causes, such as "Partisanship" and "Partisan Politics", "Ring Politics", "Spoils System", "Women's Rights", and "Calamity Howling".

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-27697 (digital file from original print)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

Call Number: Illus. in AP101.P7 1910 c-P&P(Case X) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print.

Notes: Title from item. Caption: Time, the Bell-Ringer Some year, perhaps, they'll stop their noise long enough to hear the chimes. Illus. in: Puck, v. 68, no. 1765 (1910 December 28), centerfold. Copyright 1910 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Subjects: New Year--1910. Father Time (Symbolic character)--1910. Noise pollution--1910. Sounds--1910. Celebrations--1910. Crowds--1910.

Format: Cartoons (Commentary)--1910. Offset photomechanical prints--Color--1910. Periodical illustrations--1910. Collections: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand.