National Export Exposition Souvenir Silk Scarf
date: label: Date made
content: 1899
label: associated dates
content: 1899 09 14 / 1899 09 14, 1899 11 30 / 1899 11 30
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir silk commemorating the National Export Exposition held in Philadelphia in 1899. Organized by the Philadelphia’s Commercial Museum and the Franklin Institute, 1899’s National Export Exposition was a trade fair intended to encourage manufacturers to cultivate foreign markets for American products. One of the exposition’s most notable attractions was its reproduction of a Chinese Village, featuring 450 Chinese citizens. The inhabitants of the village needed a special dispensation form the US government due to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, a law that prohibited Chinese workers from travelling to the United States. Such controversial and dehumanizing “ethnographic” displays of foreign peoples, often referred to as “human zoos” were a common feature of many of the eras world’s fairs and expositions.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: Subject
content: Chinese
label: Subject
content: Business
label: related event
content: National Export Exposition
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.0826
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0826
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: PA1899T01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Silk Picture
label: Other Terms
content: Silk Picture; Commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 12 in x 14 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 36.83 cm