Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Playing Cards
date: label: date made
content: 1906
label: date made
content: 1904
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Jefferson, Thomas
label: maker
content: Aluminum Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Complete deck of aluminum playing cards plus joker. Each card depicts on the front a picture of Thomas Jefferson in the center - which is round. The surround says "World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A. 1904". On the back of each card is a drawing of a building at the World's Fair. With engraved aluminum cover. Front says "Cards" back says World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904". Top of case has a loop "U" shaped intact, florets on case. Bottom loop is broken, with only florets on case. Latch opening is dented, latch is missing. Used by Vieva Carmichael, mother-in-law of donor.
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 and 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: .
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Two Rivers
label: depicted
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: general subject association
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: Subject
content: Playing Cards
label: related event
content: St. Louis World's Fair (1904)
label: related event
content: Louisiana Purchase Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John B. Pate
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0478.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0478
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0478.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cards, Playing, Deck of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: each card: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: cover: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.905 cm