Sami 'Völkerschau' organized by Carl Hagenbeck

Friedländer, Adolph (1851-1904): Plakat für eine Samen-Völkerschau bei Carl Hagenbeck, Hamburg-St. Pauli, undatiertes Farbplakat; Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedl%C3%A4nder.plakat.7.jpg?uselang=de. Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany.

The 'Völkerschauen' organized by zoo director Carl Hagenbeck (1844–1913) dealt with a variety of ethnic groups from around the world, including the Sami near the Arctic Circle.


Adolph Friedlander (1851–1904), poster for a Sami 'Völkerschau' organized by Carl Hagenbeck, Hamburg-St. Pauli, undated color poster, in: Ruth Malhotra: Manege frei: Artisten- und Zirkusplakate von Adolph Friedländer, Dortmund 1979; source: Harenberg Verlag.