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[B.L. Snow portrait photographs of Samoans at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago].
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Title:
[B.L. Snow portrait photographs of Samoans at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago]Creator/Contributor:
Snow, B. L., creator, photographer.Abstract:
Professional individual and group portraits of Samoans in traditional attire, taken at the Samoan exhibition of the World's
Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Traditional Samoan thatch-roofed shelter and boats, displayed in the exhibition, appear in
backgrounds of many portraits.
Date:
1893 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ilWorld's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Photographs
Samoans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs
World's Columbian Exposition.
Samoans
Illinois -- Chicago
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer's stamp on backs of a few mounts: B.L. Snow, photographer, Chicago, Ill., 463 47th St.
A few prints bear written copyright statement dated 1893.
Some subjects are identified by name in hand-written captions on backs of mounts.
B.L. Snow portrait photographs of Samoans at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, Chicago, BANC PIC 2020.098
Purchase ; from Pablo Butcher ; 2020.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Portraits.
Albumen prints.
Portraits.
Physical Description:
photoprint
22 photographs in 3 folders : albumen prints on mounts ; mounts various sizes
Language:
English