"the kind of assisted emigrant we can not afford to admit" political cartoon by friedrich graetz (april 3, 1842, frankfurt am main - november 28, 1912 vienna, austria)
a skeletal figure in turkish clothing, carrying a scythe, with a belt labeled “cholera,” sails toward land, while a battery armed with the disinfectant carbolic acid and a line of men place themselves between land and the immigrant’s ship. This cartoon was published in puck magazine on july 18, 1883. The cartoonist friedrich graetz worked for puck magazine from 1882-1885. Date: 1883.
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