Pictorial history of the Louisiana Purchase and the World's Fair at St. Louis : containing captivating descriptions of magnificent buildings at the world-renowned exposition, gardens and cascades, colossal structures and marvelous exhibits, such as works of art, scientific and industrial achievements, the latest inventions, discoveries, etc., etc., including an account of all the world's fairs for a century / by Murat Halstead.

Main entry:

Halstead, Murat, 1829-1908.

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Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Frank S. Brant, [1904]

Description:

xxii, 17-496 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates, [1] folded leaf : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 26 cm

Notes:
"Embellished with many beautiful full page phototype and line engravings."
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1904, by D.Z. Howell ..."--Title page verso
The mouth of the Mississippi -- New Orleans as a foreign city -- Jefferson's journalism in his letter writing habit -- Napoleon's personal part in the "purchase" -- Jefferson's personal part in purchasing Louisiana -- The way the battle happened -- Home war on Jackson -- The disputed boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase -- Aaron Burr's conspiracy to capture the Louisiana Purchase -- The peace of Appomattox -- The purchase saved the Union -- America's World's Fair -- Our world's wonder -- First in order of the orators -- Closing speeches and poems -- Features of the marvelous exposition -- Majestic architecture -- The fair as an educator -- Wonders of chemistry -- A perilous frontier -- Side lights of the pike -- Pleasantries on the pike -- Old English garden -- Wild igorrotes at the fair -- Relics and recollections -- Governmental display -- Palatial splendors -- Sculpture crowned pavilions -- The creation of civilization -- The art that is glory -- A unique police force -- Uncle Sam at home -- Homes of the states -- Art exhibits from abroad -- Foreign buildings -- Apotheosis of the apple -- The international exhibitions of the past.

Subject:

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Louisiana Purchase.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 53407
Call No.: 0005951 EXP T860; ID:90-B2148
Status: Available

Location: Library main 53408
Call No.: 0000462 W6616 EXP T860; ID:90-B2148
Status: Available

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