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Scope and Contents Caricatures are organized first by language, then by publication. Within each publication, clippings are organized by date. Caricatures originate from periodicals published in the United States, Germany, and France. The majority of caricatures depict Jews engaged in common professions such as pawnbrokers, and textile workers (also referred to as the "rag trade"). These illustrations suggest that Jews are cheap, money-oriented, and unfair businessmen who sell ill-fitted, low quality wares...