1893 Chicago World's Fair Portrait Egyptian Man Camel Driver Midway Plaisance XADA3 "View of the Girard House

"View of the Girard House

This is an original 1918 black and white print ad for Imperial tables in polychrome

silk damask

This 93+ year old Item is rated Very Fine ++

1893 Chicago World's Fair Portrait Egyptian Man Camel Driver Midway Plaisance XADA3 "View of the Girard HouseMahomet El Bashse (Egyptian Camel Driver)." This is an original 1894 halftone print portrait of Mahomet El Bashse, an Egyptian camel driver on the Midway Plaisance. Period Paper has obtained a rare set of large format photographic portrait images of the different ethnic people who represented various countries of the world at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World Columbian Exposition. Each image comes with a short caption commentary