Each year the Friends of the Johns Hopkins Libraries generously designate 20 percent of member contributions to fund the purchase of special collections materials. This year, 12 items were purchased, and selected titles are now on display in the central corridor on M-Level. More...
Noted collector and bibliographer Alex Rabinovich donated a collection of hand-colored anti-German prints produced during the first world war. They were done in the style of the lubok, simple printed broadsides that appeared in Russia in the seventeenth century. The style continued through the early twentieth century. The original prints are available for viewing in Special Collections.
Print 1: This parrott has an empty head. He's a scrappy fighter"
Print 2: "German Cavalry Man"
Print 3: "Vaska the Cat [with Kaiser Wilhelm's face]. The Pussian cat, the Russian enemy."
Print 4: [Punch and Judy]. "Good mead. Let's gulp it down at once."
