Palace of Fine Arts

http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/page3.html

-considered centerpiece of Isaac Taylor's fanlike design of main exposition buildings
-Fine Arts building only surviving structure
-palace made of steel and stone
-during exposition, paintings, engravings, sculptures, jewelry filled palace
-demonstrated breadth of world art at beginning of 20th century
-building constructed at the cost of $1,014,000
-continued mission as home for great works of art
-still serves as location of St. Louis art musuem

Festival Hall, The Cascades, and Colannade of States

http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/page3.html

-festival hall was the most crowning feature and most photographed structure at the fair
-the building was home to the world's largest pipe organ
-daily concerts with 4,500 seat auditorium
-The Colannade of States featured a monument to the thirteen states and the "Indian Territory" that was carved out of Louisiana Purchase
-Colannade symbollically represented success, wisdom, and foresight of the Louisiana Purchase
-Cascades located in front of Festival Hall and Grand Basin allowed 45 thousand gallons of water a min. to flow into the Grand Basin
-East and West Cascades represented the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
-also symbolized man's control over nature

Day 4

1. Find more information on things that I've previously found little information about.
2. Completed 5 index cards.
3. It shows how many building and monuments are still in St. Louis that were built for the fair.
4. To catch up on my index cards. Make a lot more.

The Palace of Electricity and Machinery

http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/page3.html

Electricity:
-fair designers wanted t oshow that electricity was the lifeblood of the 20th century and gain a glimpse of its potential
-was constructed at a cost of $412,948
-building was home to popular DeForest Wireless Telephone Tower
-tower allowed fairgoers to send wireless messages to Chicago and Springlfield without using telegraphic line

Machinery:
-represented great advancements in technology
-contained Power Plant for the Expostion built by General Electric
-covered nearly 180,000 square ft. of the building
-the generator provided electricity to the lighting, pumping and power used to operate the concessions and exhibits
-exhibits displayed the latest in tools, machinery, steam pumps, and generators

Palace Of Education and Social Economy

http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/page3.html

-covered 8 acres on east side of Grand Basin
-palace represented the fair as an idea of an educational enterprise
-building constructed as a cost of $365, 421
-contained live displays of classes in session ranging from Kindergarten - university courses
-people could go see classes in progress
-also could attend college course or learn skills of caligraphy and Braille
-Department of Social Economy's exhibits explored contempary questions
-questions such as housing, labor, and health using tables, literature, and photographs

Administration Building

http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/page3.html

-principal building on campus, University Hall(now known as Brookings Hall) became Administration building for fair
-housed the office of President David R. Francis, the directors, chiefs and assistants, and large press office
-Other buildings on campus:
-Busch Hall: housed Division of works
-Cupples Hall#1: housed antrhopology visits
-Cupples Hall#2: housed Jefferson guard
-dormitary building under construction during fair, Ligget Hall (now Prince Hall)
-funds from lease enabled the completion of Ridgley Library (Hall of Congresses), Francis Gymnasium (home of the Olympics), and additional dormitary

Palace Of Agriculture

http://exhibits.slpl.lib.mo.us/lpe/data/LPE240023482.asp?thread=240029819

-exhibits in Palace of Agriculture designed to show the world that agriculture was an experiencing an era of scientific advancement
-center aisle of building contained displays of cotton, corn, tobacco, sugar-beets, sugar-cane, and rice
-displays from foreign countries, food demonstrations, and arrangements of agricultural machinery took up more than 9 miles of booths
-outside of Palace were Livestock Barns - included model dairy and showplace for farm winning animals
-large displays of food product were organizers attempt to demonstrate different processes used by the product&different methods of grading for various markets they were sent to
-State Exhibits: Missouri's Corn Palace, North Dakota's replica of cabin were Theodore Roosevelt lived in 1883-1886, California's wine exhibit, Mississipi's Cotton King.
-displayed farm machinery
-ehxibit included models of steam plows, gas-engines, and other farm machinery

The Pike

http://www.tattooarchive.com/history/pike.htm
http://angam.ang.univie.ac.at/LiveMiss/stlouis/slwf1904.htm

-"Pike" aka "Coney Island of the West"
-street mile long, lined with amusements, more varied, more elaborate, and more costly than aany other expostition
-In famous street "Cowboys Shooting Up A Western Town" fifty entertainments had been installed
-army of attendants cared for these expoditions
-during night exhibit palaces were closed; the throng was on the Pike
-during the night people took stroll on the Pike to see life and motion and light, to hear bands

Day 3

1.To complete more index cards.
2.Completed 3 more index cards.
3.It shows what has been invented and what new things we got during the World's Fair in St. Louis.
4.To find more about recent topics.

Food&Drinks

http://www.lyndonirwin.com/1904%20Tea.htm

-"iced tea" being invented during 1904 world's fair
-Richard Blechynden, tea plantation owner
-tried to sell hot tea to people during fair, people weren't interested
-Summers in St. Louis were too hot
-dropped ice in it and it became a 'hit'
-May 20 was a barbecue
-meal included 880 gallons of iced tea
-article was published in the newspaper about iced tea
-also the first ice cream cone, first appearance of the hot dog and first coin changer

Living Exhibits

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1909651

-largest exhibit was the Philippine village, 42-acre site
-became a home to over 1,000 Filipinos for 7 months
-crowd-drawers were primitive tribes, especially Igorots, by eating dog
-during the fair they were fed dogs
-they fed them butcher dogs-abusing culture of Igorots
-Igorots attended school for the first time in St. Louis

Third Olympic Games

http://exhibits.slpl.lib.mo.us/lpe/data/lpe240023031.asp?thread=240030551

-Held in St. Louis during the world fair
-The first time the olympics were held in the U.S.
-Events scheduled from May 1 through Nov. 23, 1904
-12 countries were represented; most from U.S. and Canada
-athletes entered as individuals or members of a club, did not compete for their country
-over 900 athletes competed in 38 contests
-contest: football, wrestling, track & croquet

Competitions on Antropology days:
-seperate series of events were held with 'Native Peoples'
-Competitions took place at the Staduim in mid-August
-Ainus, Potagonians, Eskimos, Native Americans, Philippine, and African groups competed
-contests included: running, high jumping, archery, and spear throwing
-winners given American Flags instead of gold medals

Gymnastics at the Fair:
-Exhibitions of turners include 3,280 men and women
-from U.S. and European countries
-included individual and mass perfomances of gymnastics

Day 2

1. Complete more index cards.
2. Completed four index cards.
3. The information I found helps show how the St. Louis World fair has affected modern day.
4. To find more information and make more index cards.

Memorabilia

http://www.tlaupp.com/memorabilia.html

January, 1998Advertising Tray
October, November, December 1997No Memorabilia Piece for these months.
September, 1997Gold Medals
August, 1997World's Fair Letteropener
July, 1997No Memorabilia Piece for this month
June, 1997Dedication Day Souvenier Ticket Stub, April 30, 1903
May, 1997Louisiana Purchase Exposition Porcelein Lithopane Stein
February through April, 1997No Memorabilia Piece for these months.
January, 1997Moulding From The St. Louis & Suburban Railway
December, 1996No Memorabilia Piece for this month
November, 1996Watch Fob
October, 1996Collectors Spoon
September, 1996No Memorabilia Piece for this month
August, 19961904 Olympic Pin
July, 1996Stereo View Cards
June, 1996Glass Sandwich Plate
May, 1996Hold-To-Light Postcard
April, 1996Shapleigh Hardware Enamel Cup

Fair Buildings

http://www.tlaupp.com/fairbuildings.html

The Administration Buildings:
-the buildings were secured for use of Exposition
-when finished, they were immediatly occupied by president, directors, chiefs and assistants engaged in creation of the Exposition

The British Pavilion:
-Orangery, reproduction of the banquet hall at Kensington Palace
-consisted of two wings:
Elizabethan dining room
Georgian dining room
-Adams room was an English tea room
-last room was exact reproduction of Queen Anne's reception room
- above chest hung latest portrait of King Henry VII

U.S. Government Building:
-largest exhibit structure ever erected by federal authority
-building was situated upon a broad terrace considerably above the general level of the exhibit palaces
-nearly 800 feet long and 250 feet wide

States.

http://www.tlaupp.com/photos.html

The Pike:
- street mile long full of amusements
-Eastern entrance marked with statue of "Cowboys Shooting Up a Western Town" by Fredrick Remington

Platue of States:
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
IndianTerritory
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Exhibits&Statues

http://www.tlaupp.com/exhibits.html

Liberty Bell:
-brought to St. Louis on petition of 75,000 school children
-guarded by policemen and protected by a railing
-"Liberty Bell Day" was important event in June
-excort of cavalry accompanied Bell to its quarters

Louisiana Purchase Desk:
-one of the most remarkable pieces of furniture was desk where the Louisiana transfer was signed
-above desk, painting of Marquies Pierre Clement Lausset(French Prefect of Louisiana) was seated at same desk

Modern Turntable in the Transportation Palace:
-locomotive and tender mounted on a turntable resembling inverted bridge truss whole assemblage of parts revolved easily on a relatively small horizontal circle of steel so the headlight lluminated in turn every corner of the great building
-turntable revolved 75-foot circle & 79inch driving wheels rotated rapidly
-electric power was used to move all mechanism
-American Locomotive Company built the engine &Chicago Bridge and Iron Works supplied the turntable
-turntable carried the locomotive= 1854,000pounds
-tender = 140,000
-162 tons in total
-55, 000 pounds of sand were carried in the tender

Railway Coach used by Abraham Lincoln:
-coach represented highest type of railroad palace car 130 years ago
-interior furnished with ricest tapestries, mirrors, and upholstries
-coach was were Lincoln greeted people in his travels

Observation Wheel:
-located in the center of the grounds
-carried visitor 230 feet view and gave them a view of everything

Day 1

1. Thinking of a topic.
2. Find a topic.
3. We haven't answered the question yet.
4. To answer the question.

1. How was the World's Fair is St. Louis an impact in the modern world?
2. Props and a video.
3. Because it will show the different cultures in our world today.
4. Different types of cultures and food.
5. Because we have so many different types of cultures in St. Louis today.
6. Intro
Facts
Movie
Food.
7. Research.