Advertisement for Karakul Sheep. "Bringing a Harem to Texas"

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

Scope and Content

Article, illustration and photographs from the St. Louis Dispatch, January 24, 1909 entitled, "Bringing a Harem to Texas" about Dr. C C Young's importing Karakul sheep from Bokhara [Uzbekistan] to Holliday [Texas]. The illustraion shows a man in Arabic dress offering a platter with small men on it to a Western man in a top hat. There is a map of the Central Asian region and two photographs of women in Uzbek costume.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Kristy Davis as part of Towards Dolly Project, 2012-2013