HindooHistory
Chronicling the history of the “Hindoo” in America, primarily through archival newspaper clips. Instagram: @HindooHistory.
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The Washington Times, 1929 "Sacred Bull or Sacred Monkey" "You Take Your Choice, in India, and Worship Accordingly" Caption: "HINDU FANATIC PROSTRATES HIMSELF BEFORE A SACRED...
"'and, in addition to the atmosphere of official superiority that pervades his writing, he is frequently influenced by the fact that, from his own choice, he was born an Englishman...
An editorial from the San Francisco Call, 1910 "Hindu Immigration Must Stop" "The present rate of importation of Hindu laborers runs about 300 a month and is increasing..." #Hi...
Blue Grass Blade, 1906 "HINDOO DELIVERS HOT ROAST" "For Christian Missionary Work In India-- Finds More Caste Exclusion in American Than In His Own Country" "HITS BACK WITH BITT...
Vermont Telegraph, 1838 "Connection of the British Government With Idolatry" "The continuance and support given by Government to the prevailing forms of religion, is a weighty su...
The Republic, 1902 "BABA BHARATI, A HINDOO LAMA, MAY COME TO ST. LOUIS" "He was the Original of Rudyard Kipling's Holy Man in 'Kim'" #HindooHistory #BabaBharati https://t.co/qlL...
The New Haven Morning Journal and Courier, 1897 "GREATNESS OF CONFLICT BETWEEN HEATHENISM AND CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA" "Striking and Notable Paper Read at the New Haven Ministers'...
Ogden Standard, 1913 "THE HINDOOS NOW GIVE WORRIMENT" "California has not seen the end of its anti-alien agitation.If the following from the San Francisco Chronicle correctly se...
The Morning News, 1896 "HINDOO SERVANTS" "Must be Handled Roughly, as They Don't Appreciate Kindness" #HindooHistory https://t.co/4XNAVdggv0
The title page of Mabel Potter Daggett’s 1911 essay, “The Heathen Invasion of America” #HindooHistory https://t.co/XecUKaaNb4
The Washington Times, 1908 “MYSTERIOUS YOGA FAITH OF EAST INDIES WHICH HAS ROBBED AN AMERICAN CITIZEN OF A DEVOTED WIFE” #HindooHistory #Yoga https://t.co/8qqKVCYHdp
Some clips from Mitchell’s geography textbook, A System of Modern Geography, which @MichaelJAltman notes had the widest circulation of any textbook before 1900 #HindooHistory