Historic Map - St. Louis, MO - 1904 - George W. Melville
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Panorama of the World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904. Louisiana Purchase Exposition Celebrating the Centennial of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. Reproduction map of the town known as St. Louis, MO, celebrating the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase in 1904, drawn by George W. Melville.
Booster information below the title on the map reads as follows:
"In the production of this panorama of the fair, effort has been made by careful detail to portray the architectural beauties of all the buildings; and by general arrangement and color, convey to the observer in a comprehensive picture the vastness and "tout ensemble" of the exposition. Forest Park, where the World's Fair is located, previous to the erection of the buildings, was a succession of wooded hills and dales. Millions of dollars were expended in leveling and grading, to prepare the site for the main exhibit palaces, shown in the center of the picture; at either end of the grounds the country still rises to an elevation of seventy-five feet. The view is looking towards the south; the great palaces of Electricity, Varied Industries, Transportation and Machinery are shown on the right of the Court of Honor; on the left are Education, Manufacturers, Mines and Metallurgy and Liberal Arts. Surrounding these eight palaces of exhibits are ornamental parade plazas, sunken gardens, and the mile and one-half lagoon system, which encircles the Electricity and Educational buildings. Left of the Liberal Arts building rises the U. S. Government building, and further back the Missouri building and Plateau of State buildings, which reaches to the extreme south-east corner of the grounds. From this point, following the line of horizon to the right, one sees the grand Festival Hall, in the center of the picture, which, with the terrace of states, the beautiful cascades and gardens, form the central feature of the exposition. Directly behind this are the Palace of Art and Statuary Halls. Conspicuous among the Foreign Pavilions is that of Germany, located on Art Hill at the left of the Terrace of States, the Texas State building, in the form of a star, being a near neighbor. To the right of the Terrace, down in the depression, is Jerusalem; close by are the National Gardens of Japan, and Morocco; across the boulevard, the Fraternal Temple, plus California and Illinois State buildings; down to the right, the Observator (Ferris) Wheel, backed by the great Agricultural Palace and Philippine Reservation; lower in the picture, at the extreme right, are the Indian School and Villages, Map of the U. S. in growing crops, Athletic and Aeronautic fields, the Administration buildings of the Fair and the Pavilions of Foreign Nations. In the immediate foreground is shown the Pike or Midway, a street a mile long lined on either side with amusing and instructive world wonders. The World's Fair Grounds cover an area of about two square miles, being one and three-quarters miles long and one mile wide, containing 1,240 acres. The total cost of the Exposition, about $50,000,000." Complete reference list below.
Features references to the following locations:
EXHIBIT PALACES:
Palaces of Art and Statuary Palaces of Agriculture, twenty acres Palace of Education and Social Economy, eight acres Palace of Electricity, eight acres Palace of Forestry, Fish and Game, four acres Palace of Horticulture, seven acres Palace of Liberal Arts, nine acres Palace of Machinery, ten acres Palace of Manufacturers, fourteen acres Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, nine acres Palace of Transportation, fifteen acres U. S. Government Building, four acres Palace of Varied Industries, fourteen acres
STATE BUILDINGS:
Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Idaho Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Kentucky
STATE BUILDINGS CONTINUED:
Louisiana (The Cabildo) Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey (Washington's Headquarters at Morristown) New York Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin
SPECIAL BUILDINGS:
Administration Buildings Alaska Closure Collonade of States Day Nursery Desciples of Christ Festival Hall Forest Park Hotel Grand View Fraternal Hotel General Grant's Cabin Hall of Congress House of Hoo Hoo Indian School Inside Inn (2,500 rooms) Lindell Entrance Live Stock Pavilion (thirty-seven acres and arena for live stock exhibits) Metal Pavilion Model City Buildings New York to North Pole Press Building Police Station Power House Restaurant Pavilions Refrigeration Plant Robert Burns' Cottage Temple of Fraternity T. P. A. Building U. S. Bird Exhibit U. S. Fisheries
PIKE OR MIDWAY LOCATIONS:
German Tyrolean Alps Irish Internation Exhibit Under and Over the Sea Old Seville Hunting in Ozarks Hackenback's Animals Fair Japan Old St. Louis Creation Siberian Railroad Deep Sea Divers Chinese Village Constantinople Magic Whirlpool Cliff Dwellers Scenic Railroad Naval Exhibit Galveston Flood Hales Fire Fighters Battle Abbey 49 Mining Camp Cairo Natatorium Palais du Costume Paris, Ancient and Modern Moving Pictures Glass Weavers Hereafter Moorish Palace Asia
FOREIGN PAVILLIONS:
Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China Cuba Ceylon France (Grand Trianon Palace, Versailles Gardens) Germany (Charlottenburg Palace) Great Britain (Orangery at Kensington Palace) India Japan "Gardens" Mexico Morocco Nicaragua Siam Sweden
SPECIAL ATTRICTIONS:
Aernautic Field, Air Ship Competition Athletic Field, for Olympian Games Aquatic Gardens Cascades and Gardens Competitive Forestry Exhibit (U. S. and Germany) Floral Clock, 100 feet diameter
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS CONTINUED:
Intramural Railway Loop Indian Villages of U. S., thirty acres Irrigated Farm Life Saving Station on Lake Louisiana Purchase Monument Music Pagodas Map of U. S. in growing Crops, six acres Observation (Ferris) Wheel, 264 feet high Rose Garden, six acres Sunken Garden Philippine Reservation, forty acres Laguna de Bayie Bridge of Spain Wall around Manila Cathedral of Manila Government Buildings in Manila Villages of Philippine Natives (Water, Tree and Land Dwellers) Jerusalem Wall Around City Moslem Quarter, Dome of the Rock Jewish Quarter: Citidal and Wailing Wall Christian Quarter: Modern Buildings and Church of the Holy Sepulchre Gate of Damascus Gate of Jaffa Gate of the Moors
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