The 1904 World’s Fair The Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904

The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 Only 14% of U.S. homes had a bathtub; only 8% had a telephone. 90% of U.S. physicians had no college education. Chicago is “below” St. Louis At the Turn of The Century

The maximum speed limit for the 10,000 cars in the U.S. was 10 mph. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower, built for the Worlds Fair in Paris in The average annual salary was $ per year. Eggs were 14 cents a dozen.

1904 World’s Fair Facts ◦April 30 th –December 1 st 1904 ◦Average daily attendance 100,000 people ◦Former Mo. Gov. David R, Francis lobbies for the Fair to be held in St. Louis ◦Cost the City of St. Louis $5 million, $5 million in matching public donations, & $5 million from Congress

1904 World’s Fair Facts ◦Construction begins in 1901 ◦The Fair’s opening is postponed till 1904 from it’s original date of 1903 ◦The Fair covered 1272 acres, including all of the grounds where Washington University stands ◦It was & is the largest World’s Fair ever and the only fair to ever make money (finish in the black).

1904 Olympics Fair Events ◦The 1904 Olympics were held at Francis Field on Washington University grounds ◦The 1904 Olympics at the World’s Fair were the first held in the U.S.

The Fair and The Park ◦River Des Peres is sent underground in pipes and straightened before the Fair ◦The Park is to be restored within 1 year after the Fair ◦It takes nine years to complete the restoration

Bird Cage Fair Exhibits ◦Exhibits are presented by 22 countries of the World & 44 U.S. cities ◦The Bird Cage currently at the Zoo was presented by the Smithsonian Institute as a Fair exhibit

Fair Exhibits The Fair had too many exhibits to list all, but here are a few A working coal mine Attractions like the giant Ferris wheel from the Chicago Columbian Exposition in 1893 The Anglo-Boer War was fought with 600 veterans from both sides

Fair Exhibits

Sunken Garden

Fair Exhibits Native Cultures Reservation ◦Contains the famous Philippine Exhibit, Eskimo Exhibit and native American Exhibit

Fair Exhibits Famous tree house within the Philippine Exhibit and some dancing

Fair Exhibits Zeppelin Airship races

Fair Exhibits Transportation Parades  Celebrating worldwide varieties of transportation

Famous Buildings of the Fair

Palace of Liberal Arts

Famous Buildings of the Fair Administration Building

Famous Buildings of the Fair Famous State Buildings: Arkansas

Famous Buildings of the Fair Famous State Buildings: Tennessee

Famous Buildings of the Fair Famous State Buildings: Kentucky

Food of the Fair Some believe that the hot dog, lemonade, & ice cream cones first debuted at the Fair ◦Iced tea actually made an appearance at the Camp Jackson Confederate reunion gathering in Nevada, Mo. In 1890 where as many as 60,000 people attended

Food of the Fair The one food invented at the Fair was fairy floss or cotton candy ◦The ice cream cone, lemonade, and iced tea were only popularized by the Fair ◦Many restaurants offered sit down meals ◦Some even offered meals to specific state residents only (New York)

Food of the Fair Faust Restaurant inside the Tyrolean Alps Exhibit

Food of the Fair A Quick Meal stop

What’s Left from the Fair? The remaining buildings from the Fair we can see today are ◦The Art Museum (Palace of Fine Arts)

What’s Left from the Fair? Administration Building ◦Brookings Hall Washington University

What’s Left from the Fair? Bird Cage

What Did the City Get From the Fair? The Statue of Saint Louis (1906)

What Did the City Get From the Fair? The World’s Fair Pavilion (1909)

What Did the City Get From the Fair? The Jefferson Memorial (1910)

Famous Folks at the Fair President Teddy Roosevelt William Howard Taft Prince of Bavaria Scott Joplin Helen Keller Geronimo – Apache Chief Jack Daniel Former President John Phillip Sousa T.S. Eliot - Grover Cleveland And various other foreign dignitaries

X-Ray Machine

Wanamaker Organ

Ice Cream Cone Picture

Palace of Transportation

Floral Clock

The Pike and Mini-Train

The Vulcan Birmingham, Alabama

The Eagle Monument Kansas City, Missouri

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