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1904 St. Louis World's Fair
The orangery was a reproduction of the banquet hall at Kensington Palace, England, built 200 years ago and designed by Sir Christopher Wren, who drew…
1904 St. Louis World's Fair
In the Palace of Agriculture a large area was devoted to the exhibition of California, which was in every respect worthy of that great state.
1904 St. Louis World's Fair
This vista along the East Lagoon toward the Tower of Wireless Telegraphy was much admired.
1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Cuba's Pavilion was a modest affair as compared with the sumptuous building of Brazil, which stood opposite, but among the smaller buildings it was…
1904 St. Louis World's Fair
The French Government had selected as a model for its pavilion the Grand Trianon at Versailles, built by Louis XIV, and the building was surrounded by…
1904 St. Louis World's Fair
The style of the Canadian Building was the Gothic of the times of Henry VII.
1904 St. Louis World's Fair
The Minnesota State Building was very peculiar in its architecture. The massive columns around its loggias were Byzantine, a curious development from…
1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Mothers must have had a finger in the pie when the Kansas State Building was planned. No other state building at the St. Louis Exposition was as…
1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Broad verandas decorated with a profusion of flowers and potted trees and shrubs added a decidedly homelike charm to the Indiana State Building, a…
1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Near the five-pointed structure of Texas, the dome of which visible in our picture, stood the Kentucky State Building, a rich elaboration of the…