Festival Hill from across the Grand Basin on Transportation Day, Igorot boat in foreground, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

Crowd on the Grand Plaza at the base of the Louisiana Purchase Monument, World's Fair, St. Louis, Apr. 30, 1904

The 18 -year-old giant, Ralph W. Rose, breaking shot-put record, stadium, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A.

Up-to-date farm machinery on the 22 acre floor of the Agricultural Building, World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Imposing Louisiana Purchase Monument, commemorating the Louisiana Acquisition of 1803, Plaza of St. Louis, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U. S. A.

The Plaza of St. Louis beside Varied Industries Bldg., and Louisiana Purchase Monument, World's Fair, St. Louis

Statue of Louis Joliet, Louisiana Purchase Monument and Festival Hall at night, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Plaza of St. Louis, Louisiana Purchase Monument and Varied Industries Building, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U. S. A.

"The cloud capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces....shall dissolve." Varied Industries Bldg, L. P. Monument, World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Palace of Varied Industries, Plaza St. Louis, and Purchase Monument and Tyrolean Alps from Grand Basin, World's Fair, St. Louis 1904

Plaza St. Louis and Varied Industries Building from roof of Palace of Education, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

Looking down at Louisiana Purchase Monument and Palace of Varied Industries Building, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A.

The Plaza of St. Louis beside Varied Industries Bldg., and Louisiana Purchase Monument, World's Fair, St. Louis

Louisiana Monument, most notable memorial of the World's Fair commemorating the purchase of Louisiana Territory from France by U. S. in 1803