#26 A photograph crudely named ‘The extremes meet – civilized and savage watching life savers’ exhibition’ shows a scene from the World’s Fair St. Louis, 1904, with tourists watching people deemed ‘primitive’.

A photograph crudely named ‘The extremes meet – civilized and savage watching life savers’ exhibition’ shows a scene from the World’s Fair St. Louis, 1904, with tourists watching people deemed ‘primitive’.

Human zoos: Shocking Photos Depict How Zoos Around The World Kept Primitive People To Entertain Westerns

#26 A photograph crudely named ‘The extremes meet – civilized and savage watching life savers’ exhibition’ shows a scene from the World’s Fair St. Louis, 1904, with tourists watching people deemed ‘primitive’.

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