1904 St. Louis,MO World\'s Fair Photos Phillipines Exhibit IGOROTS,Bagobo,Pueblo
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1904 St. Louis,MO World\'s Fair Photos Phillipines Exhibit IGOROTS,Bagobo,Pueblo:
$102.50
1904 Saint Louis World\'s FairPhoto CollectionPhillipine ExhibitionIgorots, Bagobos, Boloni, Pueblo and more.The album is from an estate. Former owner related that the photos were taken at the 1904 World\'s Fair by a family member.A number of the photos have captions on the back (as I discovered when removing them from an album, in order to photograph.)Captions Include:Urbano Bagabo Boy-St. LouisG.E. Eliis and Tong-ainBoth tent photos are stamped Dr. Ernst Saxl, Century Building, St. Louis-in ballpoint pen ink someone has written Annie Carr? 1904 World\'s FairAghawan-Riverview Park ChicagoAghawan Chicago3 Women ChicagoDanya on Left-Louiano on right-BagabosPueblo-St. LouisBoloni-St. Louis-Tinguianes boyArs-eel (?) St. LouisI took this the last day I was at Bay View\" \"It is Hiawatha Tilting\" -signed Julian Bobbs
I\'ve researched the photos that mention Chicago, but cannot find another similar exhibit during the 1904 time period. If someone has knowledge of such an exhibit in Chicago, please let me know!Nearly all the photos are in good condition, several have foxing and several are over-exposed or perhaps just faded with age.As mentioned before, I removed the photos from an album. If you would like the album, I\'ll be happy to include it.Please email with questions or comments!
The St. Louis World\'s Fair was the grandest of all Fairs and the Philippine Exhibit took the honor of being the largest and most popular one at this Fair. It occupied 47 acres of land, had 100 buildings and was the most expensive to build at a cost of two million dollars.
There were about 1,100 Filipinos at the Philippine Exhibit that included the Tagalogs, Visayans, Muslims, Igorots, Tinguianes, Pampangans, Kalingas, Mangyans, Negritos, and Bagobos.
The Filipinos were shown at their various stages of cultures, from the primitive to the highly cultured, such as one may find in many big cities of the world. Their homes at the Fair were built exactly as they were in the Philippines in a setting that simulated their traditional Environment.
Additionally, they lived in a fashion that they would have back home. While the Philippine Constabulary Band\'s performances and many other Filipino programs and exhibits were highly regarded, the one that attracted the most interest and publicity were the Igorots.
The head-hunting, dog-eating Igorots were the greatest attraction at the Philippine Exhibit, not only because of their novelty, the scanty dressing of the males and their daily dancing to the tom-tom beats, but also because of their appetite for dog meat which is a normal part of their diet.
The city of St. Louis provided them a supply of dogs at the agreed amount of 20 dogs a week, but this did not appear to be sufficient, as they had also encouraged local people to bring them dogs which they bought to supplement their daily needs.
The poaching of dogs became so common in the area near the Igorot Village such that the neighborhood was warned to watch for their dogs; even then, many dogs were disappearing in this neighborhood, angering and upsetting many people.
There were obviously many people who objected to the supplying of dogs to the Igorots, particularly the St. Louis Women\'s Humane Society, but there were also many people, perhaps much more, who sympathized the Igorot\'s need for dog meat.
As one Missourian, who had been to the Philippines and realized the difficulty of not being able to eat the food that one is used to, noted, \"Every dog has his day, and every man his meat.\" He donated 200 fat Missouri dogs to the Igorots!
1904 St. Louis,MO World\'s Fair Photos Phillipines Exhibit IGOROTS,Bagobo,Pueblo:
$102.50