Talk:Louisiana Purchase Exposition

message: Removed the following statement until someone can provide a citation:
It was the first World's Fair to turn a profit and the only one until the 1960's to do so. (TMP)
St. Louis residents still talk about this over a 100 years later. -TEM
They be mighty old. Wahkeenah 22:21, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unattributed claims in main article 

message: "People were showcased like animals from countries like the Philipines, Guam, and Puerto Rico; they were seen as savage."
The tone of this passage is too angry to belong in an encyclopedia.
The claim is important. If it's true, give evidence, cite sources, and let the facts speak for themselves.
Until then, I have removed the section.
72.72.44.223 23:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  People on display? 

message: In keeping with the fair's themes of American progress, there were many displays featuring "primitive people" in what were called their "natural habitat." One of the most popular midway attractions of this fair in particular, was a display exhibiting America's most recent "conquest" of the time, the Philippines. This is an important fact that should not be ignored in the article.
This was referenced in the PBS documentary "Race-The Power of Illusion" 
and also in the 1997 book "A World on Display 1904: Photographs from the St. Louis World's Fair" by Eric Breitbart.
More works on the subject were reviewed by Jim Zwick of Syracuse University —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 158.121.187.81 (talk) 15:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  People On Display 

message: I'm not a professional historian, or anthropoligist, but I have studied the Victorian-era World's Fairs quite a bit.
Back around 1900, Anthropology was a new science, still developing (there were a lot of erroneous assumptions). I've read and seen pictures that "world-renowned scientists" were measuring people's heads to determine their intelligence. Many scientists believed that it was the mission of the "civilized races" to bring the 'savages' of the world into enlightenment and become civilized (through education and assimiliation).
So in that era, the 'savages' and 'primitives' of the world were often brought to the World's Fairs to be seen and studied, and encouraged (perhaps even forced, though they were usually paid a stipend) to build native habitats.
The US did that with it's new possession, the Philippines, back in 1904. But not only were the 'primitives' put on display, many cultured/educated Philippine people and exhibits were at the Fair. But it's the Filipino 'primitives' who got most of the attention, publicity, and notoriety at the Fair. And in particular the Igorottes, who ate dog-meat, found out that the more often they did that (had feasts of canine stew), the more money they made from admission fees.
We now know that exhibits like this was not only "politically incorrect", but plain wrong. But the scientists of the world didn't know that back in the 1900-era.
So I suggest that everyone let the descriptions of the Fairs (and what was done, exhibited, etc.) stand, as it was DONE back then...even if it's not 'correct' by today's standards.
Mtruax (talk) 04:15, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  People on Display 

message: I agree with comments above, especially Mtruax (talk, but somehow the topic has deteriorated to "Human zoos".
# It now includes a diatribe by "Rev. Sequoyah Ade" who runs the "Angry Indian" web site,
# carried on a semi-radical Asian political web site,
# which appears to have been removed as of this timestamp.
The quote is heavy POV and non-encyclopedic. It also does not include historical context and disparages Geronimo and denigrates his relationship with Wild West Shows popular since the latter 1800s. Mtruax (talk is much closer to reality for the era, arguably much less controversial than England's Hottentot Venus and reflective of Charles Dawson.
I believe the quote should be removed posthaste and the topic reverted to "People on display" which more accurately reflects what it was, bearing in mind that Indian groups sought inclusion following a protest of the 1893 fair.
--UnicornTapestry (talk) 06:45, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed. --UnicornTapestry (talk) 08:02, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  People on display 

message: The Swedish Pavilion is currently located in Lindsborg, Kansas. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 06:57, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legacy Buildings 

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message: Who knows or finds anything about the railway? --NearEMPTiness (talk) 17:47, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
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message: For a class project,
Our group is planning to add a new Heading titled “Scientific Contributions” to this 1904 World’s Fair (aka Louisiana Purchase Exposition) article. In this section, we will include a brief synopsis on some of the innovative items which were demonstrated or displayed at this Fair including: early fax machine, early answering machine, electrical outlet, air conditioning, airplane, personal automobile, infant incubators, electric typewriters, and home coffeemakers. We plan to embed links to other relevant Wiki articles throughout. In addition to writing about the inventions, we plan to add any other significant information we find during research to existing sections within the article. 
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message: The organization and choice of information in this article was great. The use of graphics was helpful and added aesthetic to the page. I only have a few recommendations for moving forward with this article. The second half of the introductory paragraph could be more concise. It currently reads a bit wordy. When referring to the exposition, be consistent in the use of “the fair” and “the Fair”. Kessler seems to be the most important architect (he created the master design for the fair) but he is not given much report in the “Architects” section. The explanation of the scientific contributions to the fair is very interesting, however I think some of the details surrounding the individual inventions are unnecessary and are better fitted for the invention’s wikipedia article. 
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message: Robert Koch won the Grand Prize of the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. 2003:F3:2707:860B:DC08:C568:8EED:61E8 (talk) 20:57, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
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message: I have the grand  prize baby   Grand 2601:243:C701:2F40:A44A:2590:CC9B:F5CD (talk) 15:26, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
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