Remembering the St. Louis World's Fair
Author | : Margaret Johanson Witherspoon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Margaret Johanson Witherspoon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Margaret J Witherspoon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1983-12-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780318782485 |
Author | : James G. Blase |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Forest Park (Saint Louis, Mo.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Gilbert |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2009-12-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0226293122 |
The 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair was a major event in early-twentieth-century America. Attracting millions of tourists, it exemplified the Victorian predilection for public spectacle. The Fair has long served as a touchstone for historians interested in American culture prior to World War I and has endured in the memories of generations of St. Louis residents and visitors. In Whose Fair? James Gilbert asks: what can we learn about the lived experience of fairgoers when we compare historical accounts, individual and collective memories, and artifacts from the event? Exploring these differing, at times competing, versions of history and memory prompts Gilbert to dig through a rich trove of archival material. He examines the papers of David Francis, the Fair’s president and subsequent chief archivist; guidebooks and other official publications; the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis; diaries, oral histories, and other personal accounts; and a collection of striking photographs. From this dazzling array of sources, Gilbert paints a lively picture of how fairgoers spent their time, while also probing the ways history and memory can complement each other.
Author | : Robert Jackson |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2004-03-16 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780060092689 |
You are holding a ticket to one of the largest and most magnificent celebrations of all time -- the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair! For seven months nearly twenty million visitors from around the globe flooded the fairgrounds of Forest Park. Many explored the twelve mammoth palaces (made of plaster and horsehair!), which showcased amazing exhibits. Others enjoyed watching the first Olympic Games in the United States, keeping cool all summer with a new treat that became an instant hit -- the ice-cream cone. And everyone loved viewing all 1275 acres of fairgrounds from atop the 265-foot Ferris wheel. Robert Jackson describes the planning, building, events, and memory of a fair that enthralled millions with its magic. In fascinating detail, he captures the energy and imagination of turn-of-the-century America, when fairgoers begged friends and family to meet them in St. Louis.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Remembering |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2010-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781683368847 |
St. Louis is the largest city in Missouri and the "Gateway to the West," a moniker symbolized since 1965 by the mighty Gateway Arch fronting the Mississippi River. With a selection of fine historic images from their best-selling book, Historic Photos of St. Louis, Jean Gosebrink and Adele Heagney provide a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of St. Louis. Remembering St. Louis spotlights photographs collected from the area's top archives, including the Eads Bridge, the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, Busch stadiums, Union Station and the Milles Fountain, yesterday's Olive Street, aftermath of the 1896 tornado, Grant's Hardscrabble, the Admiral, the Southern Hotel, Forest Park, and much more. In stunning black-and-white photography, this book explores St. Louis from the early days of the camera up to recent times. Spanning two centuries and over 100 images, the book follows life, government, and the building of this history-rich city, offering a compelling look into the past for any longtime resident and every history buff of St. Louis.
Author | : Eric Breitbart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
In the spring and summer of 1904, St. Louis hosted a world's fair to commemorate the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. In addition to offering a grand exposition of America's economic and artistic resources, the fair's organizers brought some 2,000 native people to St. Louis to take part in the most extensive anthropological exhibits ever assembled for a world's fair. The author has assembled seventy-five photographs of these "living exhibits" and explores what the photographs represented when they were made, how they were used and what significance they hold for viewers today. In other words, this is a book about the meaning of photographs.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Turner |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2011-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781683368908 |
With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book, Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair, Russell Lewis provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the Chicago World's Fair. Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago World's Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacular world's fair ever built. The exposition opened on May 1, 1893, and more than 21,000,000 people visited the fair during the six months it was open to the public. The White City was a seminal event in America's history that changed the way the world viewed Chicago. This volume tells the story of the fair from its construction in Jackson Park to its destruction by fire after the fair had closed. Photographs of the exhibition halls, state buildings, foreign buildings, indoor and outdoor exhibits, the attractions of the Midway, and the various ways to move about the fairgrounds give a sense of how visitors experienced this extraordinary time
Author | : Jose D. Fermin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
In 1904, the Americans exhibited over 1,100 native Filipinos, including Neritos, Igorot, Moros, and Visayans at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri ... the Philippine Exhibition, though a huge success with the public, proved controversial because of its racist and imperial features, and the stigma it inflicted on Filipinos.
Author | : Joe Sonderman |
Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2008-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781531639815 |
For seven months in 1904, St. Louis was the greatest city on earth. Millions flocked to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to behold the inventions of the early 20th century. Many saw electric lights, automobiles, aircraft, and moving pictures for the first time. At a time when few traveled more than a couple miles from home, visitors encountered the people and cultures of faraway lands. It was an educational experience, a "university of mankind." The Pike offered amusement rides, wild animal displays, and fanciful trips through the Hereafter and Creation exhibits. Fairgoers visited the Alps, the North Pole, Russia, and Paris and witnessed famous battles. Everyone wanted to ride the great Observation Wheel. There were hootchy-kootchy dancers and wonderful new foods, such as the ice-cream cone. But it was all temporary, a dream city made to last only a few months. With the exception of today's St. Louis Art Museum, the grand palaces are gone. St. Louis: The 1904 World's Fair tells the story of the greatest Victorian-era world's fair since the lights of the fair faded over a century ago, while also examining the fair's legacies and legends.