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...
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...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Indians of North America; Pawnee Indians; Headdresses; Sports; Archery
Native Americans at Anthropology Days intertribal archery competition, published in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition official scrapbook. Pawnee Frank Moore, wearing a headdress with feather, braids, breechcloth, leggings, and moccasins, shoots an...
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....
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...
At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, three barefoot men in bead-adorned shorts, jackets, and sheaths, each wearing a different style of hat, hold swords. Behind them is a hut and trees. They are Bagobo Moros, a Muslim tribe from the western...
A girl in a beaded dress and head covering stands with her arm in front of a tree trunk. In her hand she holds a cloth. She may be Bagobo Moro (a Muslim tribe from the western coast of Mindanao in the Philippine Islands). Since the World's Fair in...
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; Bagobo (Philippine people); Indigenous peoples; Men
Young man with hair to his waist over a bead-adorned jacket and shorts, posing outdoors in front of trees. He is likely Bulon, a nineteen-year-old Bagobo Moro (a Muslim tribe from the western coast of Mindanao in the Philippine Islands). Since the...
Young woman, possibly Igorot, smoking a pipe, wearing a striped cloth wrapped over her other clothes at the shoulder. She is standing near several thatched-roofed huts, probably in the Philippine Exhibit. Since the World's Fair in St. Louis,...
Three-quarters port bow view of EAST ST. LOUIS tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. EAST ST. LOUIS, a stern wheel excursion boat with a wood hull (235 ft. x 40 ft. x 7 ft.), was built...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern and port side of GREY EAGLE, almost complete, sitting with steam up, at the bank of Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. GREY EAGLE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (250 ft. x 40 ft. x 5.5 ft.), was built by Howard in 1892. Owned by Eagle Packet...
Portrait of actor Louis James seated with hands clasped, wearing a suit and tie. Born in Illinois in 1842, James made twelve appearances at Macauley's Theatre between 1879 and 1908, performing mostly Shakespearean plays. His inscription references...
Portrait of left profile of actor Louis James portraying Julius Caesar, with white hair and a toga. Born in Illinois in 1842, James made twelve appearances at Macauley's Theatre between 1879 and 1908, performing mostly Shakespearean plays,...
