Geronimo and Apaches at the St. Louis Fair – Historic Print
![Geronimo and Apaches at the St. Louis Fair, [1904] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b9/b98f40d2300d-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Geronimo and Apaches at the St. Louis Fair, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Geronimo and Apaches at the St. Louis Fair
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Geronimo, the Chiricahua Apache leader who had resisted U.S. military campaigns in the Southwest, is the subject of this 1904 print made at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. By then he was a prisoner of war, held by the U.S. Army for more than two decades, and he was a popular attraction at fairs, where visitors could see him in traditional dress. The picture reflects how the exposition's displays turned Native people into exhibits for public entertainment, a practice that shaped how many Americans understood indigenous identity. The print later appeared in the exhibition *Only Skin Deep* at the International Center for Photography.
| Created / published | [1904] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | 2003-2005." |
| Notes | Title from item. Exhibited: Only skin deep" at the International Center for Photography |
| Subjects | Geronimo,--1829-1909. Louisiana Purchase Exposition--(1904 :--Saint Louis, Mo.)--Exhibitions & displays. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Apache Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Tribal chiefs--United States--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,004 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224686 |
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