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This photograph many other photographs from the era—especially in regards to World’s Fairs and Exhibitions—in that it does not focus so much on the physical attributes of Brighton Beach or Coney Island as a whole, but rather on the people and the…

Along with the Dreaming Iolanthe, Caroline Brooks also created the Awakening of Iolanthe in 1878. It bears a striking resemblance to Dreaming Iolanthe though created two years later. The amount of detail in the sculpture shows that she knew the…

In class we have discussed the agency of women in the Circus and at Exhibitions. From the readings little was said about the agency of women in Wild West Shows. Here I will explore my ideas about women in Wild West Shows in context of the item. In…