Tonight is the last night of the Jewish Festival of Lights, Chanukah. So today I have one last Chanukah image for you. This is an illustration of a variety of hanukiahs [the nine-branched menorahs used at Chanukah], originally published in the early 1900s in the Jewish Encyclopedia. I found this illustration on Wikipedia Commons. Click on it to see it/download it full-sized.

Various Hanukiah, from the Jewish Encyclopedia, c. 1901-1906. (From Wikipedia Commons.)

 Shalom,

Bekka

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Two days ago we had an election, with many states having unexpectedly high turnouts for an “off” year. Here in the Cleveland, OH area, there were several issues that were hotly contested. But lest we think that political rhetoric and mud-slinging are a late 20th century phenomenon, here are two political postcards from 1906.

In 1906, the N.Y. Governorship was up for grabs. The incumbant, Frank W. Higgins, was not running for re-election (he died the following Feb.). The race became a hotly contested one between Charles Evans Hughes, Sr., a well-known lawyer who uncovered corruption in the N.Y. utility industry, and William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper magnate. Huges eventually won, but it was a hard-fought race. Here are two postcards, preserved in the Library of Congress collections, from that race.

One is pro-Hughes, suggesting that it will be ‘Heaven’ if Hughes wins and ‘H—’ if Hearst wins. The other is pro-Hearst, and is a play on his name: ‘Hearst in War, Hearst in Peace, Hearst in the Hearts of his Countrymen’. It shows the fist of ‘Justice’ knocking out the ‘Trusts’.

Hughes won the election, and eventually went on to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.

Click on them to download them full-sized.

Pro-Hughes postcard from the 1906 NY Governor's race. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, LOC# LC-DIG-ppmsca-19038

Pro-Hearst postcard from the 1906 NY Governors race. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, LOC# LC-DIG-ppmsca-19055.

Peace,

Bekka

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November is Native American Heritage Month, and so to acknowledge this, today’s images are portraits of Native Americans taken at the turn of the last century. I will be featuring more portraits in the Daily Pubic Domain images later in the month as well.

Often studio portraits made into photo postcards, these images of Native Americans nevertheless have a beauty all their own. Often dressed in traditional clothing, many of subjects show a fierce pride in their expression and demeanor. They make a nice contrast to the often stereotyped images of the first Thanksgiving (some of which I will also feature later this month).  I found these images in the digital collections of the Library on Congress. Click on an image to download it full-sized.

Rain-In-The-Face, Sioux, c. 1906. Photographed by Frank Bennett Fiske, 1883-1952. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, LOC #LC-USZ62-107605

Arthur Iron Nest, tribe unknown, c. 1912. Photographed by Frank Cundill. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, LOC #LC-USZ62-107139.

Hunting Horse and daughters, Kiowa, c. 1908. Photographed by J.V. Dedrick. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, LOC #LC-USZ62-106984.

Peace,

Bekka

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Okay, this is the cover of The Argosy from April 1906, but none-the-less, it shows a stereotypical Pilgrim, with funny hat, blunderbuss, and big buckles on his shoes. So perhaps with a little judicious editing, someone can use the image for Thanksgiving crafts/art. I found this on Wikipedia Commons, and there was no artist listed (often artists for old magazine covers are unknown).  Click on the image to view it/download it full-sized.

Cover of "The Argosy", April, 1906; featuring a stereotypical Pilgrim. Artist unknown.

Peace,

Bekka

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