Among the last of a disappearing race--Eskimos, World's Fair, St. Louis – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Among the last of a disappearing race--Eskimos, World's Fair, St. Louis, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Among the last of a disappearing race--Eskimos, World's Fair, St. Louis
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Among the last of a disappearing race" is how this stereograph's title frames its subject: Inuit people posed with a team of dogs, a stock image of Arctic travel. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened in St. Louis in 1904 to mark the centennial of the 1803 land deal, and its anthropology displays brought Indigenous peoples from around the world to the fairgrounds. Stereograph cards like this one, issued by the American Stereoscopic Company in New York, carried such scenes into parlors across the country. The caption reflects the assumption of the period that these cultures were vanishing, an idea the people pictured did not share.
| Created / published | New York : American Stereoscopic Company, c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Group portraits 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.Stereographs 1900-1910. |
| Subjects | Louisiana Purchase Exposition--(1904 :--Saint Louis, Mo.)--Exhibitions & displays. Eskimos--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910. Dog teams--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 733 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163916 |
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