Young woman in traditional attire, World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904.
Title
Young woman in traditional attire , World's Fair , St . Louis , Missouri , 1904 .
Description
A girl in a beaded dress and head covering stands with her arm in front of a tree trunk . In her hand she holds a cloth . She may be Bagobo Moro (a Muslim tribe from the western coast of Mindanao in the Philippine Islands) . Since the World's Fair in St . Louis , Missouri was held shortly after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War (1898) , which brought the Philippines under U.S . rule , the large Philippine Exhibit was intended to expose fair visitors to the people and resources of the protectorate and to acculturate Filipinos to the U.S . Title supplied by cataloger .
Subject
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) Exhibitions Bagobo (Philippine people) Indigenous peoples Women Clothing & dress
Location Depicted
Saint Louis (Mo.) Forest Park (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Date Original
1904
Object Type
Photographic prints Gelatin silver prints
Source
6 x 8 in. b&w photographic print. Item no. 1977.01.368 in the Arthur Younger Ford photograph album collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Arthur Younger Ford (1861-1926) Photograph Albums
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/ford/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1977.01.368
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