Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Pin Tray, American Can Co.
date: label: Date made
content: 1904
name: label: Associated Name
content: Napoleon I Emperor of France
label: Associated Name
content: Jefferson, Thomas
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content: American Can Company
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir ad tray, possibly for pins, commemorating the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. Tray reads "1803 LOUISIANA PURCHASE 1904 [/] Jefferson [/] NAPOLEON [/] SOUVENIR OF [/] AMERICAN CAN CO.'S EXHIBIT." Tray features images of Jefferson and Napoleon and the Expositon's Festival Hall and Cascades.
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.
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content: The “world’s largest" pipe organ played to daily crowds of up 4,500 people at “Festival Hall,” the Exposition's signature architectural landmark. The Hall was fronted by “The Cascades,” an impressive water feature that flowed from the building into a “Grand Basin". The Hall also featured a “Wooden Colonnade of States”.
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content: The American Can Company was incorporated in 1901. It manufactured tin cans and containers.
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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
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Advertising
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: 1989.0438.1095
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1095
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: 1904SW01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pin Tray
label: Object Name
content: ad tray
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content: tray
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 1/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 8.255 cm x .3175 cm