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Comparison between Pygmy, 25 years old and Patagonian, 16 years old

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Beals, Jessie Tarbox

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Most sources contemporary to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition identified the men brought from the Congo Free State for the fair as pygmies, although the Africans came from a number of ethnic groups. Heights compared: The photograph shows the African man, at about four and a half feet, standing next to the Patagonian Indian, at about six feet. Number 2085: Number '2085' written in left-hand corner of photograph.
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Keywords

  1. Africans
  2. Clothing & Dress
  3. Exhibitions
  4. Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
  5. Missouri
  6. People
  7. Pygmies
  8. Saint Louis
  9. Saint Louis (Mo.)
  10. Tehuelche Indians

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