Brochure for the "Philippine Exposition" at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904.

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Title
Brochure for the "Philippine Exposition" at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904.
Creator
Alfred C. Newell
Date
1904
Description
One of the main highlights of the St. Louis World’s Fair was the so-called Philippine Exposition. Pictured on one side of the burnt orange brochure is a Filipino soldier in uniform, next to the Philippine coat of arms during the American period. It consists of an eagle as the crest and a shield bearing the castle of Spain on top and a sea lion beneath it, surmounted on a background of alternating red-and-white stripes representing the original 13 colonies of the US. The other side of the event brochure depicts a man from the northern Philippines wearing a feathered headpiece called dalisdis. The brochure advertises that attendees can see “40 different tribes, 6 Philippine villages, 70,000 exhibits, 130 buildings, 725 native soldiers.” Various people from the Philippines were flown in for the exposition; together with native peoples from other parts of Asia and America, they formed “the largest human zoo in world history.”
Rights
Public Domain
Source
The University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, MI.
Bibliographic Citation
Philippine Exposition: World’s Fair, St. Louis, 1904. The University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, MI.

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