Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Medal, Palace of Machinery/ Palace of Mines and Metallurgy
date: label: Date made
content: 1904
notes: label: Description
content: Medal commemorating the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. One side features the "PALACE OF MACHINERY" the other the 0" PALACE OF MINES AND [/] METALLURGY".
label: Description
content: In 1904 a World’s Fair was held in St. Louis, Missouri to commemorate the 100th anniversary of “The Louisiana Purchase”, a land deal with the French that greatly expanded the boundaries of the United States. Between April and December, over 19.5 million visitors attended the Fair, hosted on a 1,270-acre site constructed at the city’s Forest Park as well as the Washington University campus. While the Exposition presented advances in technology and the arts and sciences, it is remembered today for its racist and dehumanizing displays of living foreign peoples. The Exposition also served as the site of the 1904 Olympic Games, the first ever held in the United States.
label: Description
content: In addition to displays of mechanical technology, the Machinery Building served as home to Fair's massive electrical generator, made by General Electric. The Palace of Mines and Metallurgy held nine acres of exhibits showcasing mineral resources and machines for their extraction.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, St. Louis
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Louisiana Purchase Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.1036.3
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1036.3
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: 1904NM09.3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm