1893 Chicago World's Fair Ethnic Portrait Syrian Man Turban Costume Historic CAT This is an original 1932

This is an original 1932 black and white halftone print that depicts two Middle Eastern men named Hamumi and Kathiri

Note the man resting beneath the lion

an artist and teacher born in Cincinnati

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

1893 Chicago World's Fair Ethnic Portrait Syrian Man Turban Costume Historic CAT This is an original 1932"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