print email comment close The 1904 World's Fair: Looking Back at Looking Forward URL: http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/index_flash.html Description: In 1904, St. Louis, Missouri, marked the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase with a world's fair. The city also hosted the 1904 Olympics. The site commemorates these events with an illustrated overview of the fair, images of artifacts, and a "virtual fair," which includes a fairground map and photographs of the structures and exhibitions. From the Missouri Historical Society. Author: Missouri Historical Society Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Library of Congress Subject Headings: Exhibitions -- Missouri -- Saint Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) Olympic Games (3rd : 1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) Olympics -- History Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History LII Database Information: Record 6925 created by Sue Kamm on 07/23/2004 Last modification on 06/30/2009 Published: 06/30/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6925