The magnificent grand stairway of Cascade Gardens, showing German Bldg. in distance, St. Louis Fair

The mirror-like basin (from E.), with Festival Hall and "Colonnade of States," World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Graceful gondolas on the Grand Basin below Festival Hall, World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Crowds at Electricity Bldg. and boats on Grand Basin, N. W. to Machinery Bldg., World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Crowds at Electricity Bldg. and boats on Grand Basin, N. W. to Machinery Bldg., World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Palace of Education from the Western Cascade across the Grand Basin, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

A water stairway lined with dancing fountains, from Festival Hall over basin, World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Venice in America, picturesque gondolas on basin before Festival Hall, World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Statuary, fountain-terraces, monument and exhibit buildings about the basin, World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

The Grand Basin from Central Cascade, "Physical Liberty" in the foreground. Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904

Across the Grand Basin and stairway from Festival Hall, Plaza St. Louis in distance, St. Louis Fair