A car labeled "World's Fair Auto Transit Co." filled with riders passes in front of two horse sculptures at the edge of the "Grand Canal" at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. The Palace of Education and Social Economy is...
Exhibition buildings; Electric lighting; Electric signs
A large electric light exposition, apparently inside a big tent or exhibit hall. "Industrial Light Exhibit" is spelled out in lights at the far end of the hall. Below, a smaller sign appears to read "Commonwealth Edison." A...
Exhibition buildings; Electric lighting; Electric signs; Walkways
A large electric light exposition, apparently inside a big tent or exhibit hall. "Industrial Power Exhibit" is spelled out in lights at the far end of the hall. A chandelier and "star" lights hang from the ceiling. Other lights...
A large institutional building located on a small waterway as seen from a nearby bridge or shore. Five flags are flying from the building. Small ferry and sight-seeing boats are passing by. It appears to be the Palace of Fine Arts constructed for...
Arches; Exhibition buildings; Electric lighting; Walkways; Men
A lighted archway at a large electric power exposition. Booths or displays appear to sit behind rails lining the walkway. A few men stand in the walkway while others have gathered at various points along the way. See ULPA 1982.01.568.p, ULPA...
A man, three women or girls, and a boy stand in a row while two small girls sit at their feet. The man has a mustache, is holding a cigarette, and wears a vest, cummerbund, and overcoat over one shoulder; he and the boy are wearing fezzes. The boy...
A row of men in loincloths dance behind one another, banging on metal drums. Handwritten twice at bottom of photo: Igorata Wedding Dance. The Igorots come from the Cordillera region, in the Philippines island of Luzon; since the World's Fair in St....
About a dozen people, both African Americans and Caucasians, stand on this side of a wire fence looking at a roofless log cabin. Large American flags and a picture of Abraham Lincoln are attached to the logs. The original logs from what was...
Aerial view of the interior of the Louisville Industrial Exposition which began in Louisville, Kentucky, at the corner of Fourth Street and Chestnut Street in 1872. A man sits on a bench next to a large fountain surrounded by shrubs and statuary.
Auditoriums; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings
Ampitheatre Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky, built by William F. Norton Jr. in 1889 from material salvaged from the Southern Exposition, and razed in 1904 following Norton's death in 1903. Handwritten on mounted print: "Auditorium, S.W....
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Kentucky--Social life and customs; Coal mining; Oil wells; Lumber industry; Croplands; Horse farms; Buildings; Educational facilities
Assembled in 1904 for display in the Kentucky Building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World's Fair) in St. Louis by the chair of the Kentucky delegation, Arthur Y. Ford, two of the albums contained 309 photographs from the Appalachian,...
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...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; North Africans; Indigenous peoples; Men; Clothing & dress; Turbans
At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, a man wearing a silk turban, embroidered vest, collarless shirt, sash, and white cloth stands holding a staff. He may be a Nubian (from North Africa). Such "living displays" were intended to...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Men; Indians of Mexico; Indigenous peoples; Sombreros; Forging; Furnaces
At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, a Mexican man wearing a sombrero, probably Jesus Tobano, sits on a plank connected to a piece of machinery; he is holding onto two ropes and his feet are resting on two spools of copper wire. In front of...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Men; Indigenous peoples; East Indians; Tibetans; Clothing & dress; Headdresses; Elephants
At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, fifteen Tibetan and North Indian men stand in a row in front of two elephants and an archway to a temple, with two other men (one apparently Caucasian and wearing a cap and jacket; the other wearing a...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Men; Indians of Mexico; Indigenous peoples; Sombreros; Copper; Forging
At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, five men take turns hitting copper with mallets; they are hitting the metal which a sixth man, who is kneeling, is holding onto a block with tongs. Five of the men are wearing white sombreros. The men are...
Freedom Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Sports & recreation facilities;
Basketball arena used by the University of Louisville Cardinals basketball team. Reportedly originally designed to host the Kentucky State Fair Horse Show. Location: Off-campus, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center.
Beds; Brasswork; Mansions; Howard Steamboat Museum
Brass bed in James E. "Captain Jim" Howard's bedroom in the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. The bed, which is out of focus in the picture, was purchased at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The image is out of...
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...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Stadiums; Parking lots; Automobiles; Trucks; Cardinal Stadium (Louisville, Ky.)
Cardinal Stadium, the former home of the UofL football, seen from the air. The word "Louisville" is being painted in one end zone and the word "KFEC" is painted in the other; "UL" is painted in the center. There are no...
