http://martialartsnewyork.org/2014/10/16/the-first-exhibition-of-kung-fu-and-chinese-martial-arts-in-america-brooklyn-1890/
Interesting article from more than 100 years ago about the first public exhibition of kung fu in America.
Reading it, you can tell that the outward way of thinking was a bit different then, yet other things have not changed at all.