Cairo scene.
Title
Cairo scene .
Description
Five turbaned men and two harnessed donkeys in front of a building with a metal grid , part of the "Orient " concession along the "Pike " at the World's Fair in St . Louis , Missouri . On the building to the left of the grid , a notice reads : "[Don]key Boys and Camel Men [are] Prohibited from Soliciting [?] Although Banshish is [Cus]tomary in Cairo. " A notice to the right reads : "Donkey Rides 10¢ Camel Rides 20¢ Buy Your Tickets Here. " One of the men is using a tool to mark the hind leg of the donkey at left , and another points to its forelegs . Handwritten at bottom of photo : Cairo Scene . Stamped in lower left corner : 5145 . Stamped in lower right corner : Copyrighted 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co .
Subject
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) Exhibitions Arabs--Africa, North Indigenous peoples Men Turbans Donkeys Signs (Notices)
Location Depicted
Saint Louis (Mo.) Forest Park (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Date Original
1904
Object Type
Photographic prints Gelatin silver prints
Source
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. b&w photographic print. Item no. 1977.01.371 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 1977.01.371
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