{"id":2902,"date":"2023-04-13T13:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T18:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lib-collections\/?page_id=2902"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:09:03","slug":"yiddish-posters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lib-collections\/yiddish-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Yiddish Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Yiddish Posters<\/h1><\/header><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class='uwm-file-php'>\n    <script>\n        function changeActionURL( e ) {\n            e.preventDefault();\n            const actionSrc = 'https:\/\/collections.lib.uwm.edu\/digital\/collection\/yiddish\/search\/searchterm\/' + document.getElementsByName(\"CISOBOX1\")[0].value;\n            window.location.href = actionSrc;\n        }\n    <\/script>\n    \n    <form\n        id=\"collection-search\"\n        method=\"get\"\n        action=\"https:\/\/collections.lib.uwm.edu\/digital\/collection\/yiddish\/search\/searchterm\/\"\n        role=\"search\"\n        class=\"search-form uwm-c-form uwm-u-mb-20\"\n        onsubmit=\"changeActionURL( event )\"\n    >\n        <label for=\"sd-search-field\" class=\"uwm-u-mb-0\">\n            <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Search<\/span>\n            <input type=\"text\" name=\"CISOBOX1\" id=\"searchterm\" class=\"collection-search-input\" placeholder=\"Search this collection...\">\n        <\/label>\n\n        <button type=\"submit\" class=\"search-submit uwm-c-button\">\n            <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Search<\/span>\n            <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"217\" height=\"222\" viewBox=\"0 0 217 222\" class=\"svg-icon\">\n                <path fill=\"\" d=\"M210.1,198.15c0,4.2-1.5,7.9-4.6,10.9c-3.1,3.1-6.7,4.6-10.9,4.6c-4.4,0-8-1.5-10.9-4.6l-41.7-41.6 c-14.5,10.1-30.7,15.1-48.5,15.1c-11.6,0-22.7-2.2-33.3-6.7s-19.7-10.6-27.4-18.2c-7.7-7.7-13.7-16.8-18.2-27.4s-6.7-21.7-6.7-33.3 s2.2-22.7,6.7-33.3s10.6-19.7,18.2-27.4c7.7-7.7,16.8-13.7,27.4-18.2c10.6-4.5,21.7-6.7,33.3-6.7s22.7,2.2,33.3,6.7 s19.7,10.6,27.4,18.2c7.7,7.7,13.7,16.8,18.2,27.4c4.5,10.6,6.7,21.7,6.7,33.3c0,17.8-5,34-15.1,48.5l41.7,41.7 C208.6,190.25,210.1,193.85,210.1,198.15z M131.9,135.45c10.7-10.7,16-23.5,16-38.5s-5.3-27.8-16-38.5s-23.5-16-38.5-16 s-27.8,5.3-38.5,16s-16,23.5-16,38.5s5.3,27.8,16,38.5c10.7,10.7,23.5,16,38.5,16S121.2,146.15,131.9,135.45z\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/form>\n\n    <p class=\"size-p-md uwm-c-link--external uwm-u-my-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.lib.uwm.edu\/digital\/collection\/yiddish\/search\/searchterm\/\"><strong>Browse this collection<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-notice uwm-p-notice--info\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-info fa-fw\"><\/i><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--content\"><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--title\">This page has been archived and is not updated<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--message\">If you need assistance with this page, please use this form to make a request: <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/libraries\/digital-collections\/digital-collections-request-for-accessible-web-content-form\/\">https:\/\/uwm.edu\/libraries\/digital-collections\/digital-collections-request-for-accessible-web-content-form\/<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-white uwm-u-pt-80 uwm-u-pb-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The Yiddish Poster collection presents 78 posters of advertisements for performances and presentations that took place in the 1920s-30s in Eastern Europe, especially Latvia. The posters are &#8220;show-print&#8221; style advertisements for performances and presentations (theater, vaudeville, music, lectures, etc.) and include venue names, performance dates, titles and descriptions of performances\/presentations, performer\/presenter names (some with titles, brief bio info, and photographic image), and sponsor information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-pb-80 uwm-u-pt-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<p class=\"default\">With the assistance of the 51ÁÔÆæ Stahl Center for Jewish Studies, Special Collections at the 51ÁÔÆæ Libraries acquired its first set of 78 Eastern European Yiddish posters (mostly for theatrical performances), that serve as documentation of performative presentations in Eastern Europe, especially Latvia, in the inter-war period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">The posters are \u201cshow-print\u201d style advertisements for performances and presentations (theater, vaudeville, music, lectures, etc.) in Eastern Europe (mainly Latvia) in the 1920s and 1930s. Information in the posters include venue names, performance dates, titles and descriptions of performances\/presentations, performer\/presenter names (some with titles, brief bio info, and photographic image), and sponsor information. Personalities highlighted include Lithuanian actor and producer Rachel Berger, Russian film star Ossip Runitsch, and prominent Labor Zionist and Latvian parliamentarian Dr. Max Lazerson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The posters range in size from 9\u2033x 13\u2033 \/ 23 x 33 cm (smallest) to 29\u2033x 44\u2033 \/ 23.66 x 111.75 cm (largest), with the majority about 23\u2033x 36\u2033 \/ 58.42 x 91.45 cm. All are letterpress-printed in wood and metal types, with some cuts and photographic imagery printed manly in black, but there are also red, blue, and rainbow-roll colors. Typography includes Hebrew, Cyrillic, and Roman (mainly Latvian).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a partnership acquisition with the Stahl Center for Jewish Studies, the collection is intended mainly for teaching and research through the Center\u2019s programs, but it has additional usefulness for Art and Design, History, language programs, the Milwaukee Jewish community, and in this digital form, Jewish\/Yiddish teaching and research worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This digital collection also serves as the finding aid to the actual posters preserved in Special Collections. As a public collection, the Yiddish Poster collection in the 51ÁÔÆæ Libraries is fully available for use by the public in Special Collections (4th floor, Golda Meir Library). 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