Igorrote child and Inuit child at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909.

• Main Author: Nowell, Frank H.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Igorot (Philippine people) > Washington (State) > Seattle; Inuit > Washington (State) > Seattle; Children > Washington (State) > Seattle; Exhibitions > Washington (State) > Seattle; Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle; Wash.); Mohai; Pacific; Yukon; eskimo*; inuit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/4198

The Inuit child pictured is Norman Smith, brother of Miss Columbia, who was named "Queen of the Pay Streak" and most beautiful woman at the AYPE. The Inuit ("Eskimos") and Igorrote groups were both featured at the Pay Streak (amusement area) of the AYPE. One of the most popular attractions at the AYPE was an exhibit of a mock village of the Igorrote people, natives of the Philippine Islands. Igorrote men, women and children were displayed in a simulated "native" habitat, with typical Igorrote houses; they performed dances and demonstrated traditional crafts in their sometimes controversial traditional attire of loincloths. Frank H. Nowell (1864-1950) was appointed the official photographer of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, which took place in Seattle in 1909. Nowell's many AYPE photographs were displayed at the fair and used in many official publications. Caption by MOHAI staff Caption on image: x1109, [Photographer's mark:] F.H. Nowell, Official Photographer, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Copyright 1909 by A.M. Baber 1 glass plate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in.