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.

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: $1,700

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author

(MEDICINE)

Place

Berlin

Publication

1923

summary

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

14 x 19 1/2 inches

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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.

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