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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Kluge, Cora Lee |
| Title, Analytic | Theodor Kirchhoff and the German Scandal of the American West: Hurdy-Gurdy Dancing Girls from the Rhine |
| Journal Title | Max Kade Institute Friends Newsletter |
| Date of Publication | Spring 2007 |
| Volume ID | 16 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 10, 13, ill. |
| Abstract | In the Wild West of the 1850 and 1860s, dance halls and saloons advertised that "Hurdy-Gurdy girls" were available for the entertainment of miners. Most of these women were from the Duchy of Nassau and the Darmstadt area. Questions about the circumstances under which they had come to American and what their role was in the West were hotly debated in German lands and in the German press. Theodor Kirchhoff, a native of Holstein, had come to the U.S. in 1851 and had lived in many parts of the country. In 1865 he sent his eye-witness report to the German illustrated magazine, Die Gartenlaube. A translation of part of his report is included. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | United States -- History/ United States -- Foreign public opinion, German -- History/ Kirchhoff, Theodor, 1828-1899/ Women |