Ria Unson: Filipinos at the 1904 World’s Fair
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September 30, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
2023-09-30T10:00:00-05:00
2023-09-30T11:00:00-05:00
One of the most popular attractions at the 1904 World’s Fair was the Philippine Exhibit, a 47-acre site that for nine months became home to over 1,000 people on display. Ria Unson, St. Louis-based Filipino American artist and researcher, traces the legacy of the fair as a descendant of one of those people. Learn about how the image of Filipinos constructed at the fair was a method used to gain support for American imperialism and to domesticate the immigrant workers of St. Louis.