Uses firstperson accounts from Missourians who went to the Fair in 1904 interviews with historians archival motion pictures and photographs to situate the St Louis Fair in the social political and ...

St. Louis has welcomed visitors from far and wide since the city hosted the World’s Fair in 1904. Today, the Gateway City is filled with myriad museums, natural attractions, historical sites ...

St. Louis had scheduled to hold a world fair the same year and threatened to stage a rival sports event if they were not allowed to hold the Olympics. The support of the US President Theodore ...