Magnificent Old Masters Blend With Modern Art at Louisiana Exposition
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition showcases grand palaces in ivory white with Renaissance inspired forms. Architects fuse classical Greece and Rome with global motifs from Parthenon pediments to Taj Mahal domes. Domes, arches, and towers define buildings like the Palace of Education and the Palace of Machinery.
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United States
Greece
Rome
Parthenon
Taj Mahal
Palace of Educaion
United States Treasury
Festival Hall
Palace of Agriculture
France
Versailles
Germany
Charlottenburg
Great Britain
Kensington Palace
London
Japan
Nagoya
China
Prince Pu Lun
Belgium
Antwerp
Mexico
Louisiana
New Orleans
New Jersey
General Washington
Morristown
Connecticut
Sigourney
Hartford
Virginia
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Mississippi
Beauvoir
Concessions
Education Takes Spotlight at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The exposition elevates education as the keynote of the entire display, with the Palace of Education showcasing actual classroom appliances and live demonstrations rather than static samples. Visitors will see model training schools, tactile methods for the blind, and demonstrations by deaf students, highlighting practical use of educational tools.
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Chicago
Paris
St. Louis
Palace of Education
Learning at the World Fair for Missouri Students
Teachers in Missouri and neighboring states plan coordinated trips to the World's Fair to study education features. The Expo will host guided tours, lectures, and exhibits from state buildings, mining, agriculture, and national government displays, with special transport rates and lodging for school groups.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Palace of Education
Jefferson
Agricultural Department
Federal
Congress
Fiona
Grand Basin
Cascades
Agricultural Exhibit Plans Ready for World’s Fair
Mr. James L. Farmer, chief special agent of the U S Government board, World’s Fair, has almost finished plans for the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts exhibit. He secured space in the Educational Building for most of the exhibit, large and comprehensive, aimed at southern planters.
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James L. Farmer
Tennessee
United States Government Board
Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and Experiment Statons
World's Fair News Notes Highlights at St Louis Exposition
The Department of Justice will show prison photographs and prisoner work at St Louis. Napoleon recalled selling Louisiana as a peak life moment. James F Early presents a Library of Congress model under Dr Putnam, with miniature Corinthian columns. Alaskan trade exhibits include seal, fish, and totem pole displays.
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New York
St. Louis
Cleveland
United States
Department of Justice
James F. Early
Library of Congress
Putnam
Mr. Early
Klondike
Exhibition planned for Louisiana treaty original and dairy creamery tour
The Louisiana treaty's original six page document bound with green silk will be shown in St. Louis with first page protected for display. A model creamery 180 by 20 feet with glass walls highlights the dairy section where visitors can observe every step of buttermaking from milk to final pack.
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Louisiana Territory
Department of State
St. Louis
Exposition Preparations Surge Ahead With Global Pavilions
Exposition crowds fear not weather as nations race to complete grand palaces. Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and more push final touches on replicas and structures. Kentucky and several states finish their state halls while the Philippine reservation finalizes housing for natives. An Intramural railway opens January 27 to shuttle visitors.
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Dizzy Heights
Liberal Arts
Festival Hall
Cascade
Ornata
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
Vermont
Forty Acre
United States
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Claude H. Wetmore
Imperial Pavilion
Chinese Reservation
St. Helena
Napoleon
O'Meara
Iowa State Building
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