Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Berea College--History; African Americans--Education--Kentucky
This dissertation examines the history of Berea College in Kentucky. Founded before the Civil War, it was a small, private southern college that educated blacks, whites, women and men equally, an early model of cooperation and social harmony. Its...
At the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, a crowd of people stand in concentric rings around a track, watching what appears to be a parade, while people walk on a path through the center of the grassy plot in the middle of the track. There...
Pedestrians walk in front of the Palace of Varied Industries, a long white building with columns, a portico, and a cupola, at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. A sign near a group of trees in a small plot of grass says "No...
The opening ceremonies of the 1904 World's Fair at the Plaza of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. A crowd, seated on wide benches, faces two men at a podium at the base of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Monument. The monument bears the words of...
The opening ceremonies of the 1904 World's Fair at the Plaza of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. A crowd stands at the base of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Monument, alongside one of the palaces . Stamped on lower left corner: 4453. Stamped...
Three-quarter length portrait of actor Frederick Warde seated in a wooden chair with hand on cheek. He is wearing a three-piece suit with watch fob. Warde appeared in eight productions at Macauley's Theatre between 1881 and 1904, including...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Events; Rites & ceremonies; People; Crowds; Military uniforms
Six men in military uniforms with white gloves and swords stand before a crowd of women (some holding parasols) and a few men at a ceremony opening the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. The man in the center, with the plumed hat and epaulets, is...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Government officials; Men
Secretary of War William Howard Taft (third from left), President Theodore Roosevelt's representative at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri (and his successor as U.S. President, in 1909), exchanges greetings with local dignitaries: Thomas H....
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; People; Crowds; Entertainment
Crowds promenading along "the Pike," a wet, brick boulevard at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. Some of the buildings at left have signs: "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office," "Indian Con[. . .]."...
Smooth, reflective canal (also referred to as the lagoon) and bridge, with Palace of Manufactures, featuring columns, dome, and arches, at left, and other World's Fair structures partially visible. People and carriages traverse the sidewalk and...
View of "Grand Canal" (also known as the lagoon) and bridge at World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, with Palace of Liberal Arts at left; Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at right; and United States Government Building at rear. There are a...
Sculptures of a bull and of children; Grand Canal (lagoon); and Palace of Manufactures at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. People cross the bridge alongside the sculptures. Stamped on lower left corner: 4210. Stamped on lower right corner:...
Pedestrians walk or sit on benches along a wide, tree-lined path left of the "Grand Canal" at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. The Palace of Manufactures is visible beyond the canal. Stamped on lower left corner: 4674. Stamped on...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Buildings; Exhibition buildings; People
Building at World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, with a first floor and small second floor topped by a dome and United States flag. Over the top portion of the entrance hang two United States flags which are at either side of a white flag showing...
Two-story brick building with a pinnacled tower. "The Town Hall" is written above the building's top windows, which hold a banner reading "National Educational Association." Two curving sets of stairs with statues in front lead...
Brick building with white pillars and ornate white embellished edges, erected on Model Street at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. "1904 Kansas City Casino" is carved at the top under a row of flags on the roof. Handwritten at the...
Row of buildings on Model Street at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri; the center one, marked "San Francisco," has a rectangular tower; the one to the right is "Guild Hall." Two women with a parasol walk down a road in...
Stone building with pediment, faux columns, and two large bell towers reads "California" above its arched door; it is a replica of the old Franciscan Mission of La Rabida, at Santa Barbara, recreated for the World's Fair in St. Louis,...
Two-story white Colonial building with a large, pillared front porch and windows with shutters. At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, the New Jersey State Building replicates the old Ford House at Morristown, New Jersey. There are four tall,...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Indians of North America; Dakota Indians; Arapaho Indians; Headdresses; War bonnets; Games; Tug of war
Two teams, each composed of 4 Native American men (Sioux versus Arapahoe), wearing buckskin, breechcloth, and leggings, play tug of war before a crowd of spectators, including two Native Americans wearing feathered warbonnets. Such "living...
