Venice Midway Advertisment for 14 January 1905 News Clipping With Racist Cartoon

This is a news paper clipping from January 1905.  It is an advertisement for The Venice Midway.  It was sent to Orpha Spencer (Mrs. Wilson) by her husband Robert H. Wilson.  Click here to see more items that relate to Los Angeles, Ca. Click here to see the full private collection that Orpha Spencer had saved.  ***  I eventually want to have many public domain news articles on this blog, organized by topic within the cities the Papers were in.  I will not tone down any racist material I find, because I feel that we should see and learn about the atmosphere all our ancestors lived in.  It is my hope that seeing the extent of racism there was across time, will help us become better as people***  I think the worst thing to do is forget the pain we as a society have inflicted on each other.  Hopefully we can learn from it instead.

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                                     [IMAGE OF RACIST CARTOON]

Wide the laugh on Kiki's face,                           Thinks he's chased by the evil one
Frightened sign-man sets the pace                    And like a mad man he doth run.

MILLIONS of PEOPLE traveled THOUSANDS of MILES to see the
WORLD'S FAIR SHOWS, the STREETS OF CAIRO, the JAPANESE
VILLAGE, TEMPLE of MIRTH, EGYPTIAN TEMPLE, the MIRROR
MAZE, KLONDIKE MINES, DARKNESS AND DAWN, SPANISH
THEATRE, etc.

All These GREAT ATTRACTIONS Open on

THE VENICE MIDWAY

NEXT SUNDAY January 14 NEXT SUNDAY
                        NEXT SUNDAY

Grand Electrical Illumination, 50,000 Lights
Thrilling Balloon Act          Daring Fire Dive
Japanese Day, Fireworks are Free Attractions

CONCERTS This Afternoon and Night by ELLERY'S FAMOUS
BAND of 52 Pieces, the World's Fair Gold Medal Band
               at the VENETIAN PALM GARDENS
Reserve your rooms at the beautiful ST. MARKS HOTEL, VENICE

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