Building a hut in "Darkest Africa"

Buffalo(N.Y.)--Exhibitions

Pan-American Exposition (1901:Buffalo)

Three African men build a hut.

Three people work together constructing a structure made of bamboo or wooden poles. They are securing the framework for the roof while standing beside the completed walls of the building. The structure is surrounded by a simple wooden fence, and the ground appears unpaved.

Cosmopolitan, vol. 31, no. 5 (September 1901), p. 508

9/1/1901

NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.

Image

Ethnic stereotypes, Memorial photographs

LIB-005_0147

Buffalo (N.Y.)

Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901