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Barman — Otto

Date: 1932
Description: Otto the barman from the perspective of a person on other side of the bar whose hands are shown reaching for eleven mugs of beer. The establishment is Zum ...
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Genocide Treaty Cartoon

Date: 1986
Description: Cartoon depicting a very old Uncle Sam signing the Genocide Treaty while a man behind him says, "Better 37 years late than never, I suppose!".
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Bert Williams

Date: 1912
Description: Caricature of Bert Williams, probably drawn by Al Frueh, c. 1912.
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"Blessed Are The Meek" Editorial Cartoon

Date: 1968
Description: Editorial cartoon of dolphins in the water watching a mushroom cloud explode on the horizon. The drawing is titled, "Blessed Are The Meek: For They Shall I...
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"The Thinker" Editorial Cartoon

Date: 1970
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting Rodin's "The Thinker" wearing a gas mask. The figure is surrounded by pollution, with a factory spewing smoke in the background...
Poster

"Oller Kahn mit Größenwahn" (High and Dry) Film Poster

Date: 1958
Description: German film poster for the British film, "The 'Maggie'." A big, blue anthropomorphic circle with a smiling face and white arms with clasped hands. There is...
Drawing

Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this Al Hirschfeld cartoon promoting Charlie Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator," the dictators Hynkel and Napaloni ride in the back of an open car giv...
Photograph

Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this Al Hirschfeld cartoon promoting Charlie Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator," Hynkel, played by Chaplin, dances with Madame Napaloni, played by Grac...
Photograph

Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: Al Hirschfeld's drawing shows Charlie Chaplin's Jewish barber character and Hannah (Paulette Goddard) walking away arm in arm. This cartoon was produced to...
Photograph

Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: Al Hirschfeld's drawing shows Charlie Chaplin's Jewish barber character in German army uniform sitting on a cannon as though it were a horse, although faci...
Photograph

Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: Al Hirschfeld's drawing shows Charlie Chaplin's Hynkel, the dictator of Tomania, behind a cluster of microphones, smiling broadly.
Photograph

Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This element of a poster design shows Charlie Chaplin's Jewish barber character standing on the shoulder of his Hynkel character as though to give him a ha...

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