The Trans-Mississippi and International Expositions of 1898–1899: Art, Anthropology, and Popular Culture at the Fin de Siècle

497 Pages·2018·10.073 MB·English

by  WENDY JEAN KATZ

The Trans- Mississippi
and International
Expositions of
1898– 1899

The Trans- Mississippi
and International
Expositions of
1898– 1899
Art, Anthropology, and Popular
Culture at the Fin de Siècle
Edited by Wendy Jean Katz
University of Nebraska Press
lincoln & london
© 2018 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Publication of this volume was assisted by the Virginia Faulkner
Fund, established in memory of Virginia Faulkner, editor in chief of
the University of Nebraska Press.
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Katz, Wendy Jean, editor.
Title: The Trans- Mississippi and International Expositions of 1898–
1899: art, anthropology, and popular culture at the fin de siècle /
edited by Wendy Jean Katz.
Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: lccn 2017026651 (print)
lccn 2017027882 (ebook)
isbn 9781496204363 (epub)
isbn 9781496204370 (mobi)
isbn 9781496204387 (pdf)
isbn 9780803278806 (cloth: alk. paper)
Subjects: lcsh: Trans- Mississippi and International
Exposition (1898: Omaha, Neb.)
Greater America Exposition (1899: Omaha, Neb.)
Popular culture— United States— 19th century.
United States— Social life and customs— 19th century.
Classification: lcc t796.b1 (ebook)
lcc t796.b1 t73 2018 (print)
ddc 907.4/782254— dc23
lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017026651
Set in Minion Pro.
Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Tables x
Introduction: America’s Jewel in the Crown 1
robert w. rydell
1. “The Great American Desert Is No More” 23
sarah j. moore
2. The Trans- Mississippi and International Exposition
Commemorative Stamp Issue 59
bonnie m. miller
3. Women and Art in the Passing Show 105
wendy jean katz
4. Trilby Goes Naked and Native on the Midway 161
emily godbey
5. Condensed Loveliness 195
tracey jean boisseau
6. Indigenous Identities in the Imperialist Imagination 257
akim reinhardt
7. Exposition Anthropology 299
nancy j. parezo
8. Hawai‘i and the Philippines at the Omaha Expositions 377
stacy l. kamehiro & danielle b. crawford
Afterword: The Art of the Historian 441
timothy schaffert
Selected Bibliography 455
Contributors 461
Index 463

Illustrations
1. Trans- Mississippi and International Exposition souvenir spoon 2
2. F. A. Rinehart, Bird’s- Eye View— Grand Court 6
3. F. A. Rinehart, Indian Congress— Parade, Aug. 4th, ’98 12
4. Greater America Exposition: First Colonial Exhibit 16
5. E. J. Austen, Modern Woodman Day at the Trans- Mississippi
Exposition 32
6. C. Howard Walker, Trans- Mississippi and International
Exposition at Omaha 34
7. Trans- Mississippi and International Exposition stock certificate 36
8. Map of the Trans- Mississippi and International Exposition 38
9. John Ross Key, Entrance Arch (Bird’s- Eye View) 42
10. F. A. Rinehart, Arch of the States 44
11. “Those New Postage Stamps,” Chicago Daily News 68
12. U.S. Post Office, $1 stamp 69
13. U.S. Post Office, 50¢ and 8¢ stamps 72
14. U.S. Post Office, 1¢ stamp 73
15. U.S. Post Office, $2 stamp; Republican National
Convention Ticket 75
16. U.S. Post Office, 5¢ stamp 77
17. U.S. Post Office, 2¢ stamp 80
18. U.S. Post Office, 10¢ and 4¢ stamps 84
19. Envelope with 2¢ stamp from the Omaha issue 97
20. Ethel Evans, “Art,” Omaha Bee 107
21. Trans- Mississippi International Exposition 109
22. Map of Omaha, Official Guide Book to Omaha 114
23. “Vandalism,” Omaha World- Herald 118
24. Ethel Evans, The Lesson (La Leçon) 136
25. George du Maurier, Trilby 165
26. Astley D. M. Cooper, Pygmalion’s Galatee 172
27. Trilby advertisement, Omaha Bee 173
28. F. A. Rinehart, Trilby Temple 175
29. F. A. Rinehart, The Great Trilby 176
30. F. A. Rinehart, Fine Arts Building 180
31. Trans- Mississippi and International Exposition souvenir coin 196
32. Lewis Wickes Hine, Composite Photograph of Child Laborers 205
33. Caroline C. Peddle, sketch for the Queen Isabella souvenir
quarter; U. S. Mint, Queen Isabella souvenir quarter 211
34. Caroline Lovell, Annie Helen Reese from Alabama 217
35. Emblem of the 1901 Pan- American Exposition in Buffalo,
New York 219
36. F. A. Rinehart, Flower Parade 226
37. Bessie Potter Vonnoh, American Girl 229
38. F. A. Rinehart, Waitresses and Band, German Village 234
39. F. A. Rinehart and Adolph F. Muhr, Katherine Antoine 235
40. F. A. Rinehart, Dancing Girls— Streets of Cairo 237
41. F. A. Rinehart, Entrance to Hagenback’s 239
42. Alphonse Mucha, Exposition Universelle; George B. Petty,
A Century of Progress 245
43. Bathing Beauty Contest, New York World’s Fair 248
44. F. A. Rinehart, Sham Battle 268
45. Thomas Rogers Kimball, sketch for the Trans- Mississippi and
International Exposition 286
46. William Allen Rogers, Scene from the Indian Congress 288
47. F. A. Rinehart and Adolph F. Muhr, Mrs. Sarah Whistler,
Sac & Fox 291
48. F. A. Rinehart, The Wigwam: Pottawattamie County (Iowa)
Building 307
49. Kiowa Camp Circle, Tennessee International Exposition,
Nashville 310
50. F. A. Rinehart, U.S. Government Building, Interior 319
51. F. A. Rinehart, Interior of Government Building 331
52. F. A. Rinehart, Ponca Camp 344
viii illustrations
53. F. A. Rinehart, Wichita Men Constructing Thatched Ramada 349
54. F. A. Rinehart, James Mooney’s Kiowa Camp Circle 351
55. “Map showing the routes and distances between the United
States, Hawaiian Islands, Philippine Islands, China, etc.” 379
56. F. A. Rinehart, Hawaiian Exhibit, International Building 385
57. Wailuku Mill (Maui), Our New Colonies 387
58. Kamehameha School, Hawaiian Students, and
Hawaiian School Children 389
59. School Children 391
60. Frank Davey, Representative Men of Honolulu, hi 399
61. Native Grass House and Feast 402
62. A Native Picnic Group, hi 404
63. The Hawaiian Village at the Greater America Exposition,
Omaha 406
64. F. A. Rinehart, Scenic Railway 410
65. F. A. Rinehart, Grand Plaza— Peace Jubilee (Night) 412
66. Louis Bostwick, Philippine Village on Midway 416
67. Louis Bostwick, Philippine Village Decorated for “Fighting
First Nebraska Day” 420
68. A High- Caste Philippine Belle 423
69. Puente de Espana, Manila, Philippine Islands 425
70. A Native Village of the Better Class, Philippine Islands 426
71. William Allen Rogers, Illumination of the Grounds at Night 443
illustrations ix