Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Plate, United States Government Building
date: label: Date made
content: 1904
label: associated dates
content: 1904 04 30 / 1904 04 30, 1904 12 01 / 1904 12 01
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir plate commemorating the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St.Louis, Missouri in 1904.
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: The U.S. Government Building, built to resemble the ancient Pantheon, highlighted the work of various Federal Departments, including natural history exhibits, displays of guns and examples of artifacts from the Smithsonian Instiuttuion.
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: Subject
content: Smithsonian Institution
label: related event
content: Louisiana Purchase Exposition
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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: 1989.0438.0986
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0986
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: 1904C07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plate
label: Other Terms
content: Plate; Commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 23.495 cm