The St. Louis World’s Fair opened in April 1904. Known officially as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition — in celebration of its centennial — it was an extraordinary showcase of myriad wonders of the ...

ST. LOUIS — What was it like to be at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis over 120 years ago? We found this report from John Auble in the archives from 1995 and thought you may like to see it. As a ...

Producer Veronica Mohesky is debunking some famous St. Louis myths, including this one. If you've lived in St. Louis long enough, you've probably heard that the ferris wheel from the 1904 World's Fair ...

Across the country, remnants of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair can be found in various places. There is the Vulcan statue overlooking Birmingham, Alabama, a giant bronze eagle at a Macy’s in ...

ST. LOUIS — It's no surprise that St. Louis hosted the 1904 Worlds Fair, but with this new exhibit at the Missouri History Museum a Forest Park you will be sure to learn something new about the good, ...

“The Nutcracker & The World’s Fair,” a reimagining of the classic ballet around the 1904 international exposition in St. Louis, will arrive this December in Washington University’s Edison Theatre. The ...

In 1904, the St. Louis World’s Fair introduced Americans to modern marvels like hamburgers, hot dogs, ice cream cones, peanut butter, fax machines — and air conditioning. Outside, temperatures soared, ...

It was one of the most-loved and remembered attractions of the fair: the giant Ferris wheel, at 264 feet tall, had 36 wooden cars, each one big enough to hold 60 people. After its run in Chicago, the ...

“The Ivory City” By Emily Bain Murphy Union Square, 340 pages, $18.99 The World’s Fair of 1904, a spectacle that remains the pride of 20th century St. Louis, is the setting for this tale that is a ...

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