Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904

Administration Bldg. of the Great St. Louis World's Fair of 1904.

Varied Industries Bldg., St. Louis World's Fair

Stereograph shows the Varied Industries Building for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition under construction.

Pres. Roosevelt at the dedication ceremonies, St. Louis Exposition /

At the speaker's platform, President Theodore Roosevelt prepares to enter a carriage.

St. Louis's object lesson to anti-expansionists / Keppler.

Illustration shows a statue of Thomas Jefferson labeled "Thomas Jefferson The Father of Expansion" at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri, with Puck directing the attention of George F. H... more

Vice Commissioner General Wong Kai Kah receiving site of Chinese Imper...

Photograph shows Wong Kai Kah atop a platform on the site of the future Chinese Imperial Pavilion for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, or St. Louis World's Fair, with David R. Francis, president of the exposi... more

Navajos

Group of Pueblo Indians, three men in front holding snakes, two Caucasian men in center.

DeWitt Clinton railway train

Photograph shows a DeWitt Clinton train on display.

Pharus-map World's Fair St. Louis, 1904.

Columbia

Photograph shows portrait of Inuit girl, Nancy Columbia, and dog taken at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Missouri, 1904.

Chinese girls

Photograph shows portrait of Chinese girls taken at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Missouri.

Liberal Arts Palace

Postcard shows an ornate building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis.

"Esquimau woman"

Photograph shows portrait of an Inuit woman taken at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Missouri, 1904.

[Opening day crowd around large column at Louisiana Purchase Expositio...

Electric illumination of the cascades and of Education and Mines Build...

The great floral clock, it's dial 100 feet in diameter, World's Fair, ...

Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mines and Mining Building, Sunken Garde...

Beautifully illuminated Festival Hall from West Cascade, Louisiana Pur...

East from West Restaurant Pavilion over West Cascade and Grand Basin t...

The Palace of Varied Industries, a magnificent building covering 14 ac...

Floral clock and the ferris wheel, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. ...

Millions paused to listen to the "Laughing Waters" of the World's Fair...

Louisiana Monument and Palace of Varied Industries across Plaza St. Lo...

"A midsummer-night's dream" - Moonlight on the Grand Basin, World's Fa...

View between Transportation and Machinery Buildings, World's Fair, St....

Louisiana Purchase Monument, Varied Industries Bldg., and gondolas on ...

Magic splendor of electric blaze - Festival Hall and fountains in Basi...

Grand illumination of Varied Industries Building and waterway, World's...

Statuary, fountain-terraces, monument and exhibit buildings about the ...

As if chalked with fire against the lucky sky, World's Fair, St. Louis...

General view of the exposition from Festival Hall, St. Louis, Mo., U. ...

Festal beauty of leaping fountains and noble exhibit buildings around ...

S. Dakota, terrace of 14 states comprising original Louisiana Purchase...

Cascades and Festival Hall from the east, Louisiana Purchase Expositio...

Fountains and Education Building, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.

Towards the De Forest Tower from Plaza of St. Louis, World's Fair, St....

Machinery Hall from across central and eastern cascade, World's Fair S...

Statue of Louis Joliet, Louisiana Purchase Monument and Festival Hall ...

Imposing Louisiana Purchase Monument, commemorating the Louisiana Acqu...

Entrancing beauty of the exposition, lower cascade gardens, fountains ...

Cowboys "Shooting up the Town," statue on St. Louis Plaza, Louisiana P...

Floral clock and north end of Palace of Agriculture, from Ceylon Build...

An enchanted city, The St. Louis Exposition at night

Looking down through the ferris wheel at the World's Fair, St. Louis, ...

Festival Hall and the Cascades from the East Court, Louisiana Purchase...

Wierd beauty of electric lights on Liberal Arts Building, reflected in...

Eskimo boy and his faithful dog, in an igloo (representing a snow-hous...

Grand entrance to Education and Social Economy Building, Louisaina Pur...

Machinery Palace filled with the wonders of modern invention (view S. ...

Palace of Electricity at night, looking from lower west cascade, Louis...

Filipino village, Agricultural Building in distance, Louisiana Purchas...

The Grand Basin from Art Hill, Louisaina Purchase Exposition, St. Loui...

Where the fountains dance and play at the head of the Grand Basin, Wor...

In the Rainbow Gardens, World's Fair grounds, St. Louis, Mo.

Allegorical group, "The Apotheosis of St. Louis" and equestrian statue...

Education and Social Economy buildings from Festival Hall, Louisiana P...

The Visayan village from Arrowhead Lake, Louisiana Purchase Exposition

"Spring" and "Bacchante," Italian statuary, Manufactures Building, Lou...

Boers working a field gun, Boer War, World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A.

Evening effect of electric lights on Manufacturers Bldg., reflected in...

Iowa, terrace of 14 states comprising original Louisiana Purchase Worl...

West pavilion and floral garden, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Lo...

Hunter's cabin in Esquimaux village, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.

Five Eskimos in doorway of cabin, with four dogs outside.

After the battle victorious British awaiting arrival of Boer prisoners...

Feathery fountains above the basin, Electricity and Varied Industries ...

Panoramic view, World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Its gushing fountains beauteous to the eye, make all the place seem a ...

U. S. Government Building, from Education Building over Sunken Gardens...

Festival Hall, beautiful and imposing, the pivot of the great Expositi...

The boat landing near Palace of Manufactures, Louisiana Purchase Expos...

The great entrance to the Palace of Manufactures, World's Fair, St. Lo...

View of Grand Basin and Palace of Varied Industries, lighted by thousa...

Palace of Electricity, night.

After the Battle of Colenso, Boer War exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Expo...

Domestic arts of the Bagobos women, in the Philippine Village, St. Lou...

Over gushing fountains to Palace of Electricity from Festival Hall, Wo...

Gondolas, Flower Parade, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo....

East lagoon and Palaces of Education and Manufactures, north from the ...

An architectural dream, past Palaces of Mines (on right) and Liberal A...

"New Jerusalem", Cascade Hill, and central group of Exposition Bldgs. ...

Transportation Building by night, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. L...

"Destiny of the Red Man" statue in Sunken Gardens, Louisiana Purchase ...

From Colonnade east over fountains and statues to Mines and Metallurgy...

Prize winning automobile float at Louisiana Purchase Monument, Liberal...

Where the fountains dance and play at the head of the Grand Basin, Wor...

Administration Avenue E. from Administration Bldg., thronged with visi...

Festival Hall and cascades from Electricity Building, Louisiana Purcha...

Illumination of cascades and Festival Hall at night. World's Fair, St....

Countless thousands on St. Louis Plaza, St. Louis Day, Louisiana Purch...

Sunken Gardens surrounded by the great palaces of the World's Fair, St...

Graceful gondolas on the Grand Basin below Festival Hall, World's Fair...

A section of the World's Fair grounds as seen from the ferris wheel, S...

Kansas City's crack team of Midland Camp carrying state banner, M. W. ...

Machinery building at night, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis,...

Artillery in action, Battle of Modder River, Boer War exhibit, Louisia...

New York to the North Pole and Transportation Buildings, Louisiana Pur...

A vista of the World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.

Plaza St. Louis N. E. from the center of Grand Basin, World's Fair, St...

Government Building from Daniel Boone Bridge over south lagoon, Libera...

Tired World's Fair visitors resting at the Sunken Gardens, World's Fai...

Louisiana Monument and Palace of Varied Industries, World's Fair, St. ...