St. Louis: The 1904 World's Fair
ISBN-13:
9781531639815
ISBN-10:
153163981X
Author:
Joe Sonderman, Mike Truax
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Format:
Hardcover
130 pages
Category:
State & Local
,
United States History
,
Americas History
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ISBN-13:
9781531639815
ISBN-10:
153163981X
Author:
Joe Sonderman, Mike Truax
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Format:
Hardcover
130 pages
Category:
State & Local
,
United States History
,
Americas History
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St. Louis: The 1904 World's Fair (ISBN-13: 9781531639815 and ISBN-10: 153163981X), written by authors
Joe Sonderman, Mike Truax, was published by Arcadia Publishing Library Editions in 2008.
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For seven months in 1904, St. Louis was the greatest city on earth. Millions flocked to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to behold the inventions of the early 20th century. Many saw electric lights, automobiles, aircraft, and moving pictures for the first time. At a time when few traveled more than a couple miles from home, visitors encountered the people and cultures of faraway lands. It was an educational experience, a "university of mankind." The Pike offered amusement rides, wild animal displays, and fanciful trips through the Hereafter and Creation exhibits. Fairgoers visited the Alps, the North Pole, Russia, and Paris and witnessed famous battles. Everyone wanted to ride the great Observation Wheel. There were hootchy-kootchy dancers and wonderful new foods, such as the ice-cream cone. But it was all temporary, a dream city made to last only a few months. With the exception of today's St. Louis Art Museum, the grand palaces are gone. St. Louis: The 1904 World's Fair tells the story of the greatest Victorian-era world's fair since the lights of the fair faded over a century ago, while also examining the fair's legacies and legends.
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