Bedouin Archives - Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair

111. Picturesque World’s Fair – A group of Arabs, Turks and Bedouins
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111. Picturesque World’s Fair – A group of Arabs, Turks and Bedouins

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111. Picturesque World’s Fair – A group of Arabs, Turks and Bedouins

A GROUP OF ARABS, TURKS AND BEDOUINS.—If there be a region in the world where caste and race distinctions are forgotten where the religion is the same, it would appear to be in northern Africa, for the people at the Fair from that continent seemed utterly devoid of prejudice as regarded each other. The group here represented should have the addition of some swarthy Nubian chief, to convey a full idea of the good fellowship which prevailed, but, as [...]

By Randy|2021-01-27T06:59:36-06:00January 27th, 2021|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Bedouin, Bedouin Camp-Wild East Show, Ottoman's Arab Camp, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Turkish Village|0 Comments

101. Picturesque World’s Fair – Nizaha, A Woman of Nazareth
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101. Picturesque World’s Fair – Nizaha, A Woman of Nazareth

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101. Picturesque World’s Fair – Nizaha, A Woman of Nazareth

NIZAHA, A WOMAN OF NAZARETH.— Hardly what one would expect in appearance was Nizaha, a woman with the Bedouins, who came from the locality reverentially considered by all the Christian world as the birthplace of Christ. It will be observed that in sitting for her photograph Nizaha did not forget her hands and handkerchief and that, with the left hand especially, as it is spread out against her side, a somewhat startling effect is produced. The rings are shown [...]

By Randy|2020-06-28T10:56:09-05:00June 28th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS, Uncategorized|Tags: Bedouin, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

100. Picturesque World’s Fair – Arabian Horses and Riders
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100. Picturesque World’s Fair – Arabian Horses and Riders

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100. Picturesque World’s Fair – Arabian Horses and Riders

ARABIAN HORSES AND RIDERS.—Ottoman's Arab camp, or the "Wild East Show' as it was finally called, was one of the World's Fair enterprises which, with various striking features, was yet financially unsuccessful. The Bedouins, with their families and equipments, were brought to Chicago by a private company, and the original intention of the promoters of the enterprise was to exhibit them in a park near the Exposition, but this design was, for some reason, impossible of execution, and the [...]

By Randy|2020-10-27T10:19:36-05:00May 6th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Bedouin, Bedouin Camp-Wild East Show, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

98. Picturesque World’s Fair – Kaleife and his Dromedary
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98. Picturesque World’s Fair – Kaleife and his Dromedary

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98. Picturesque World’s Fair – Kaleife and his Dromedary

KALEIFE AND HIS DROMEDARY.—The Bedouin and the dromedary, "the ship of the desert," were very much in evidence at the Ottoman's Arab camp, or "Wild East Show ' The "ship" when under full sail around the encampment was gorgeously decorated, and his driver was not less brightly appareled. Why in a region as warm as the desert is supposed to be so much covering should be deemed a necessity is hard to say, but on all state occasions both [...]

By Randy|2020-10-27T10:20:32-05:00April 9th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Bedouin, Bedouin Camp-Wild East Show, dromedary, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

97. Picturesque World’s Fair – Fettome, A Bedouin Woman
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97. Picturesque World’s Fair – Fettome, A Bedouin Woman

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97. Picturesque World’s Fair – Fettome, A Bedouin Woman

FETTOME, A BEDOUIN WOMAN.—Much as has been written about the Arabs and their wild life upon the North African plains, descriptions have been, as a rule, confined mostly to the men and how the woman of the desert lives, moves and has her being has been left largely to the imagination. So it came that the Bedouin women, at the Columbian Exposition, were looked upon with a good deal of curiosity and were found to be by no means [...]

By Randy|2020-10-27T10:21:26-05:00March 28th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Bedouin, Bedouin Camp-Wild East Show, Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments