Guide to Photographs and Print Collections - Missouri History Museum
Guide to Photographs and Print Collections - Missouri History Museum
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progress from ground-breaking ceremony in 1901 <strong>and</strong> fairgrounds construction <strong>to</strong><br />
displays <strong>and</strong> festivities <strong>and</strong> people who attended the 1904 World's Fair, <strong>to</strong> the closing day<br />
ceremonies <strong>and</strong> fireworks. A separate database contains a detailed list of contents.<br />
Vol. 1 (Dec. 1901 - ca. Aug. 1902) shows site preparation, the temporary railway for<br />
construction, building supports <strong>and</strong> scaffolds, <strong>and</strong> the beginning of work on facades.<br />
Vol. 2 (ca Sept 1902 - ca April 1904) shows Dedication Day ceremonies, further progress<br />
on facades of palace buildings, Opening Day of the fair, administrative groups, foreign<br />
dignitaries, <strong>and</strong> professors attending meetings of the International Confress of Arts <strong>and</strong><br />
Sciences.<br />
Vol. 3 (1904) shows attendees at the International Congress, athletic competitions,<br />
airplanes <strong>and</strong> zeppelins, interior <strong>and</strong> exterior views of Palace of Machinery, Palace of<br />
Electricity, Palace of Manufacturers, Palace of Varied Industries.<br />
Vol. 4 (1904) shows interior <strong>and</strong> exterior views of the Palace of Transportation, Palace of<br />
Education, Palace of Mining, <strong>and</strong> the exterior <strong>and</strong> interior of the Palace of Art with<br />
paintings on display in it.<br />
Vol. 5 (1904) shows interior <strong>and</strong> exteriors of the Palace of Agriculture, the German East<br />
African exhibit, horse show winners, cattle lives<strong>to</strong>ck winners, exhibits in the Fish <strong>and</strong><br />
Forestry Building, interior <strong>and</strong> exterior of the United States Government Palace, <strong>and</strong><br />
aerial <strong>and</strong> panoramic views of the fairgrounds.<br />
Vol. 6 (1904) shows Festival Hall, general shots of buildings across the Gr<strong>and</strong> Basin <strong>and</strong><br />
lagoons, exteriors of state buildings, interior <strong>and</strong> exterior of the Austrian Building,<br />
exteriors of other foreign countries' houses.<br />
Vol. 7 (1904) shows the exteriors <strong>and</strong> interiors of the German Pavilion, the Belgian<br />
Pavilion, the French Pavilion, Mexican Pavilion, the Robert Burns Cottage, the Chinese<br />
Pavilion, the Japanese Pavilion <strong>and</strong> gardens, <strong>and</strong> the Ceylon Pavilion.<br />
Vol. 8 (1904) shows mining camps, the Model City, foreign children at the Model<br />
Playground, au<strong>to</strong>mobiles, modes of transportation, the Observation Wheel (Ferris wheel),<br />
ballooning, Visayan people, Negri<strong>to</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> the Iggorote (Igorot) village.<br />
Vol. 9 (1904) shows Iggorote people, Bon<strong>to</strong>c people, Tagalog people, Moro people, <strong>and</strong><br />
Bagobo people.<br />
Vol. 10 (1904) shows attractions <strong>and</strong> amusements along the Pike, including the Tyrolean<br />
Alps, the Irish village, Sioux people, Esquimaux village (Eskimo), Native American Cliff<br />
Dwellers, Jerusalem exhibit, "Streets of Cairo" exhibit.<br />
Vol. 11 (1904) shows attractions along the Pike (amusements midway), the Japanese<br />
Ainu people, Cocopa people, Patagonians, other Native Americans, African Pigmis,<br />
Alice Roosevelt, <strong>and</strong> other visiting dignitaries.<br />
11 volumes 1901 - 1904<br />
Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Division of Works Construction<br />
Albums<br />
The LPE Company Division of Works Construction Albums are a set of 34 pho<strong>to</strong>graph<br />
albums containing about 3,000 images of fairgrounds construction compiled by the<br />
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company titled "Pho<strong>to</strong>graphic Views of Construction<br />
Under the Supervision of the Division of Works, Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904."<br />
Each album contains a typed list of the contents. Pagination is continuous from album <strong>to</strong><br />
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