Winter Holiday Celebrations: Object #3 – Arkansas Primary Source Sets

New York City--the Chanucka celebration by the Young Men's Hebrew Association

<p>This black and white drawing shows a stage in a music hall with trumpeters on either side and menorahs in the middle of the stage. People are kneeling in front of the stage. Others are standing on the sides dressed in historic military gear.</p>

Hanukkah illustration from Frank Leslie’s magazine, 1880

Text-dependent Questions:

What people, objects and activities do you see in this drawing? What winter holiday does the drawing show? How have celebrations of Hanukkah changed over time? How are they the same?

Citations

Illustration in Frank Leslie’s illustrated newspaper, 1880 Jan. 3, p. 316. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division