Indian congress – 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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Staged at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901, this photograph shows an "Indian congress," a midway attraction in which Native American performers were gathered and put on display for paying visitors. Expositions of the period celebrated industry and modern technology, but their midways also offered ethnographic spectacles like this one, often alongside wild west shows. Photographer C.D. Arnold registered the copyright on the print. Images like this show how audiences of the day consumed pictures of Indigenous people, which makes them useful for studying both the event and the stereotypes it promoted.
| Created / published | c1901. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | No. 488. Printed on photograph: Copyright 1901 by C.D. Arnold. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Pan-American Exposition--(1901 :--Buffalo, N.Y.)--Exhibitions & displays. Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--New York (State)--Buffalo--1900-1910. Wild west shows--New York (State)--New York--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,132 × 4,117 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-211439 |
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