Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Palace of Forestry, Fish, and Game

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

-located north of Palace of Agriculture
-least elaborate architectural palace at the fair
-constructed at cost of $170, 454
-contained demonstrations of being made to preserve and utilize America's stock of trees, fish, and animals
-displays of taxidermy animals highlighted each state's exhibit
-most popular area was aquarium
-consisted of 60 large fish tanks, 55 by 45 foot pool, and 40 foot in diameter salt water basin dedicated to ocean sea life

1 comment:

  1. Same link as last five ICs -- Need to label this post and tag the link on delicious...

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