CAMPEMENT D'EMIGRANTS JUIFS A LA GARE DE LYON" [LE PETIT JOURNAL : SUPPLEMENT ILLUSTRE, TROISIEME ANNEE, NO. 94, SAMEDI SEPTEMBER 10, 1892]

Paris (France), 1892. Paperback. 1st Edition. Issue is matted and framed. 16 x 10 ½ Inches. "Le Petit Journal was a conservative daily Parisian newspaper founded by Moïse Polydore Millaud; published from 1863 to 1944. Together with Le Petit Parisien, Le Matin, and Le Journal, it was one of the four major French dailies. In 1890, during the Boulangiste crisis, its circulation first reached one million copies. Five years later, it had a circulation of two million copies, making it the world's largest newspaper" (Wikipedia, 2017) . Illustrated supplement to the French magazine, Le Petit Journal, first published in 1860 by Moïse Maillaud, with supplements, from 1890-1920. The color cover illustration by Henri Meyer (1844-1899) is captioned: "Campement D'Emigrants Juifs A La Gare De Lyon, " and depicts chiefly Eastern European Jews in colorful costumes camped in the streets outside the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, waiting to Emigrate to America. The US Holocaust Museum includes this very issue in their Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials. SUBJECT(S) : Paris (France) -- Newspapers. Emigration and immigration--France--History--19th century. Small tear in lower left corner. Some toning. Not examined out of frame. Very Good- condition. (PAINT-1-4).