Magnificent old masters mingle with modern ideas at fair exhibits
The Louisian Purchase Exposition showcases grand ivory white exhibit palaces with a Renaissance influenced style. Architects highlight diverse national influences, from France and Germany to Japan and Mexico, featuring domes, arches, towers, and varied colonnades across the Palace of Education, Palace of Machinery, and other pavilions.
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United States
Greece
Rome
Taj Mahal
Palace of Education
Palace of Machinery
United States Treasury
Hne
Festival Hall
Great Palace of Transportation
Palace of Agriculture
France
Versailles
Germany
Charlottenburg
Great Britain
Kensington Palace
London
Japan
Nagoya
China
Prince 2Uo Lun
Belgium
Antwerp
Mexico
Louisiana
New Orleans
New Jersey
General Washington
Morristown
Connecticut
Sigourney
Lartford
Mnision
Virginia
Monticello
Thomas Jeerson
Mississippi
Beauvoir
Jeeferson
Texas
Washington
Oragon
Education at the 1904 Exposition in the Palace of Education
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition elevates education as its keynote. The Palace of Education showcases actual classroom demonstrations, teacher training, and college exhibits. Federal Agriculture displays and international systems promise practical learning from science to rural economy.
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Agricultural Department
Congress
Grand Basin
Cascades
Palace of Education
World’s Fair Study Program for Missouri Schoolchildren
The World’s Fair offers unprecedented educational opportunities for students within reach of St. Louis. Teachers plan field trips with rail rates and lodging, guided by Jefferson Guards, to study state exhibits, mining operations, government displays, and international pavilions, aiming to boost mental development and practical understanding through hands on observation.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Palace of Education
Jefferson
Agricultural Plans Completed for World’s Fair Exhibit
Mr. James L. Farmer of Tennessee, chief special agent of the U S Government board, Worlds Fair, has nearly completed plans for the exhibit of the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts and experiment stations. He has secured space in the Educational building for the major portion of the exhibit, large and comprehensive and of special interest to southern planters.
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James L. Farmer
Tennessee
United States Government Board
Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Exposition Notes at St Louis World Fair Exhibit Aims
Department of Justice to display prison photos and prisoner work at St Louis. James F Early sculptures Library of Congress model featured under Dr Putnam. Alaskan exhibit includes seals fisheries and totem poles. Louisiana purchase treaty pages to be shown alongside creamery dairy process display.
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Department of Justice
St. Louis
United States
James F. Early
Library of Congress
Putnam
Snisbed
Mr. Early
Louisiana Territory
Department of State
Exposition Progress At St Louis As Opening Nears
Frosts fail to slow work on the World’s Fair grounds in St Louis with April 30 opening date near. Builders push to finish palaces, statues, and festival hall while international pavilions from Britain to Japan race toward completion. The Intramural Railway opens January 27 to shuttle visitors across the site.
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St. Louis
Dizzy Heights
Liberal Arts
Festival Hall
Cascade
St. Peter's
Rome
St. Paul's
London
Great Britain
France
Mexico
Germany
Charlottenburg
Japan
Nagoya
Brazil
China
Peking
Sweden
Italy
Austria
Kentucky
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Vermont
United States
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Tions of Modern Art
Clatc. H. Wetmore
Chicago
Paris
Run School
Adorab Wil Elso
Colege
New York
Cleveland
St. Helena
Napoleon
O’meara
Unite States
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