1893 Chicago World's Fair Ethnic Portrait Syrian Man Turban Costume Historic CAT European Nobility

European Nobility

This is an original 1901 black and white print ad for Ralston Purina Cereals by Purina Mills located at 846 Gratiot Street

China located along the riverbank

Hazel Dawn

Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company in New York City

1893 Chicago World's Fair Ethnic Portrait Syrian Man Turban Costume Historic CAT European Nobility"Mere Alli Harfush (Syrian)." This is an original 1894 halftone print portrait of Mere Alli Harfush, a Syrian man who performed as a horseman and a swordsman in the Wild East Show on the Midway Plaisance. Period Paper has obtained a rare set of large format photographic portrait images of the different ethnic people who represented various countries of the world at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World Columbian Exposition. Each image