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In 1904, Blechynden reportedly decided that a cool tea drink would be more profitable than hot tea during that year's World's Fair. The fair was held in St. Louis that year during a particularly hot period, driving up sales of Blechynden's iced tea. The beverage sold so well that it gain national popularity after the event. [1]
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 million (equivalent to $509 million in 2023) [ 1 ] were used to finance the event.
In the Northern United States and the Western United States, "tea" generally means the hot beverage and iced tea is referred to by name. Iced tea's popularity in the United States has led to an addition to standard cutlery sets; the iced tea spoon is a standard flatware teaspoon , but with a long handle, suitable for stirring sugar into the ...
1801 – Paris, France – Second Exposition (1801). After the success of the exposition of 1798 a series of expositions for French manufacturing followed (1801, 1802, 1806, 1819, 1823, 1827, 1834, 1844 and 1849) until the first properly international (or universal) exposition in France in 1855.
St. Louis Fair Grounds, site of annual Exposition, in an 1874 print. The Saint Louis Exposition or St. Louis Expo was a series of annual agricultural and technical fairs held in St. Louis' Fairgrounds Park, from the 1850s to 1902. In 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, a major World's Fair, was held in St. Louis, Missouri. The annual ...
It was introduced to almost 20 million people while attending the 1904 World's Fair Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri as a new kind of soft drink. [6] Its introduction in 1885 preceded the introduction of Coca-Cola by one year. Corner Drug Store exhibit at the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas.
Department of Anthropology, 1904 World's Fair. Date: 1904: Source: Missouri History Museum ... Photograph, 1904. World's Fair Presentation Album 11, plate 824 ...
Designed by Swedish architect Ferdinand Boberg, the Pavilion was built as an international exposition building for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair. After the fair, the Pavilion was moved to Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas , where it was used for classroom, library, museum and department ...