Title

Oriental and Occidental Northern and Southern Portrait Types of the Midway Plaisance

Authors

F. W. Putnam

Files

Description

A book of photography from the 1893 World's Fair held in Chicago, IL. These images were collected of " individual types of various nations from all parts of the world who represented, in the department of ethnology, the manners, customs, dress, religions, music, and other distinctive traits and peculiarities of the race. Collected by Prof. F.W. Putnam, of Harvard University, Chief of the Department of Ethnology at the World's Columbian Exposition.

Publication Date

1894

Publisher

N.D. Thompson Publishing Co.

City

St. Louis

Keywords

portraits, portraiture, Columbian Exposition, World's Fair, Chicago, Midway Plaisance

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | History | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Photography

Comments

The book has been digitized from the original book and depicts images taken at the 1893 World's Fair held in Chicago, IL.

Recommended Citation

Putnam, F. W., "Oriental and Occidental Northern and Southern Portrait Types of the Midway Plaisance" (1894). College Archives Selected Rare Books. 4.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/rarebooks/4