Two graphic Yiddish broadsides exhorting the public to take various sanitary precautions: 1) Not to spit in public. * 2) The necessity to wash hands and nails with soap and water prior to eating.
AUCTION 33 |
Tuesday, June 20th,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Including Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters
Lot 93
(MEDICINE)
Two graphic Yiddish broadsides exhorting the public to take various sanitary precautions: 1) Not to spit in public. * 2) The necessity to wash hands and nails with soap and water prior to eating.
Berlin: 1923
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,700
In the aftermath of World War One, Europe was ravaged by disease. These broadsides, issued by the Federation of Ukrainian Jews and the Fund for the Relief of Jewish Victims of the War in Eastern Europe, were designed to educate the Yiddish-speaking public regarding basic personal hygiene