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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 1904, Beals was sent to the opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. There, Beals persuaded officials to give her a late press permit for the pre-exposition, climbed ladders and jumped into a hot air balloon just to get photographs that interested her. [ 8 ]
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 agricultural/technical exposition was not held in 1903-4, and ceased after ...
The U.S. Army transport Sheridan arrived in San Francisco from Manila via Nagasaki and Honolulu, carrying 300 members of the Philippine constabulary and police, as well as their band, to appear at the World's Fair in St. Louis. [156] The World's Fair grounds closed to visitors until the formal opening of the fair on April 30. [157]
Harris's correspondence with Halsey C. Ives, Chief of the Art Exhibition, can be found in the St. Louis Art Museum Archives, St. Louis World's Fair Correspondence. His letters home about the Fair are in the Robert Harris collection in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown. The artists in the show are still of relevance today.
"Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis", better known as just "Meet Me in St. Louis", is a popular song from 1904 on the occurrence of the St. Louis World's Fair which celebrated the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The words were by Andrew B. Sterling; [1] the music by Kerry Mills. [2] The song was published in 1904 in New York by Mills's firm, F. A. Mills.
Either the Philippine Constabulary Band or the Band of the Philippine Scouts, leading the Philippine Scouts during a march-in at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition The band's first overseas performance came just three years after its formation when it accompanied the Philippine Scouts to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 in St ...
St. Louis Exposition can refer to either: Saint Louis Exposition (annual fair) Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904)