St Louis Fair

Archive Photos;  September 1, 1994 ;     72 words ......leisure. fun USA outdoor April 30, 1904 - The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened on this day in St. Louis, Missouri. The attractions...Louis Fair Opens 162/70 exposition. attraction. Louisiana Purchase Exposition Missouri architecture. cities. historical St Louis Fair...

Trent University's "Anthropology Goes Downtown" Begins Tonight at Splice;...

M2 Presswire;  January 29, 2008 ;     288 words ......PRESSWIRE-29 January 2008-TRENT UNIVERSITY: Trent University's Anthropology Goes Downtown Begins Tonight at Splice; Community Invited to...will launch the 2008 Kenneth Kidd Lecture Series entitled Anthropology Goes Downtown at Splice Restaurant beginning at 8:00 p.m. Tonight...

Canadian platinum aims high

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 24, 1991 ;     488 words ......have a mint-condition commemorative coin of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. I know there are two different ones - one with McKinley...minted by the United States were made for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1903. There were two varieties, as you say. One depicts...

Design change to help reduce national debt

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 18, 1987 ;     523 words ......Q. I own a one-dollar gold coin inscribed "Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1803-1903." What is the gold content? A. The...issued by the government and it was made for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis in 1904. There are two varieties: one...

The first '04 Games were different.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO);  August 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......competitions during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and Becht has found the names of...arena. In concert with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the 1904 Games set another standard...Chicago and add them to its Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Essentially, the gentlemen running...

1904 World's Fair; The Filipino experience

Filipino Reporter;  June 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ......St. Louis, Missouri. Officially named as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, it commemorated the centennial of the biggest land deal...United States, even in Europe. The legacy of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition - celebrating its centenary this year - lingered long...

Trent University's "Anthropology Goes Downtown" Lecture Series Continues...

M2 Presswire;  February 8, 2008 ;     340 words ......PRESSWIRE-8 February 2008-TRENT UNIVERSITY: Trent University's Anthropology Goes Downtown Lecture Series Continues February 11 at Splice...Peterborough -- The 2008 Kenneth Kidd Lecture Series entitled Anthropology Goes Downtown hosted by Trent University's Anthropology Department...

Two tree houses.(Landscape)

Manila Bulletin;  November 8, 2007 ;     473 words ......courtyard of the Ethnological Building of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis. The American world expositions from...reaching their full splendor in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, wrote historian Jose D. Fermin in his book 1904 WORLD...

ON THIS DAY

Courier News (Elgin, IL);  December 1, 2006 ;     135 words ......John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Adams ended up the winner. In 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis closed after seven months and some 20 million visitors. In 1913, the first drive-in automobile service station...

1904 WORLD'S FAIR REMEMBERED AT SCOTT JOPLIN HOUSE STATE HISTORIC SITE ON...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 13, 2007 ;     181 words ......share stories and artifacts highlighting the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, a once-in-a-lifetime St. Louis event also known as the...preserving the memory and memorabilia of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Scott Joplin House State Historic Site is located at...

FOREST PARK ONGOING

The Boston Globe;  March 30, 2003 ;     148 words ......PLAN LAID OUT IN 1998. THE RESTORATION IS TO BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION," THE 1904 WORLD'S FAIR HELD IN THE PARK. AMONG THE COMPLETED PROJECTS IN THE 1,327-ACRE PARK ARE THE 1909 PAVILION, ORIGINALLY...

DEATHS.(News)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  June 21, 2003 ;     111 words ......Wampler, whose birth in a construction tent during preparations for the 1904 World's Fair -- officially the Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- gave her the unwieldy name, died Wednesday in St. Louis. She was 100. The World's Fair Baby, as she was known, was...

Today in History

Charleston Gazette;  May 14, 2005 ;     117 words ......St. Louis. * In 1904, the first Olympic games held in the United States opened in St. Louis, as part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. * In 1942, the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established. * In 1948 (according to the current-era calendar), the independent...

Meet Me in St. Louis

Southern Living;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......crux was 1904. That year, its World's Fair, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, honored the centennial of that renowned acquisition...culture," says Robert. The president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company eloquently expressed this idea in his opening...

Friday, July 23 the 205th day of 2004

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  July 23, 2004 ;     235 words ......Ethiopia was born. 1904: By some accounts, the ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. 1914: Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand...