Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Airships; Airplane propellers; Men
A man, possibly T. C. Benbow, of Columbus, Montana, adjusts the rudder and propellers for this airship, named the Montana Meteor, in a large, beamed room. Benbow launched the Montana Meteor at the 1904 World's Fair and remained aloft for 15...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Airships; Men
A man leans his arms on a rail in a large, beamed, sunlit room where there are two partially filled balloons and a gas bag for a dirigible. Stamped on lower left corner: 10968.
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,...
Indoor exhibit with low, sectioned border walls reading "Washington." The centerpiece of the exhibit is a towering, thatched structure with a flag reading "State of Washington" emerging from its pointed top. Behind it, a sign...
Chinese government building at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, is pagoda style, with Chinese characters on dark, central pillars. There is an octagonal gazebo wing to the left, and a flag on a flagpole in front of the building....
Kentucky's Tobacco Exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, is an interior table display and glass cabinet display behind a metal cordon. On the table are cubbyholes of circular items, and two model buildings. The cabinets may contain...
At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, pedestrians walk along the sidewalk (known as the "Pike") and pairs of two women and two men cross the wide, tracked street in front of a two-story building which has curving sides, pillars, and...
Grainy photograph of a stone cottage with thatched roof, several chimneys, and three large windows. There is a peeling coating over the stone. The McKinley cottage, a display within the Irish Village on the "Pike" at the World's Fair in...
Exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. Enclosed by an open, pillared wall, a sign over one segment reads, "Coffee Exportation, annual mean for the years 1899-1903 in bags of 60 kilograms; every bag represents 50000 bags; Brazil...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Railroads
Brazil Exhibit at World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, consisting of four model horses and one model ox (all are harnessed) in an open, pillared room with two signs on interior walls saying, "Estrada de Ferro Central do Brazil" (the name...
Indoor exhibit in the Palace of Agriculture at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri of a "corn palace" -- a hexagonal structure labeled "Missouri" topped by a large dome encircled by fleur de lis. The display is also...
