Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Mug
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 (Brief)
content: Souvenir porcelain mug from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, held in St. Louis, Missouri. The inside of the mug features an image of the Fair's "Palace of Liberal Arts."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Running from April to December 1904, the Exposition, commonly known as The St. Louis World's Fair, commemorated the United States's purchase of the Louisiana territory from France in 1803, an act that nearly doubled the size of the young nation. Held primarily in the city's Forest Park area, the Exposition spread over 1,200 acres and featured contributions from 62 countries.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Over 19 million visitors are believed to have visited the Fair, which also served as host to the 1904 Olympic Games. Like at other World's Fairs, attendees were introduced to ground-breaking technologies, new industrial and consumer goods, and exciting diversions.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The St. Louis World's Fair is remembered for presenting indigineous people from around the world in displays similar to those of zoos, exploiting and misrepresenting their customs and cultures for public amusement.
label: Description
content: Souvenir beer mug 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 Palace of Liberal Arts was home to a variety of exhibitions related to the manufacture of goods from natural resources.
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
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: 1989.0438.0995
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0995
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mug, Beer
label: Other Terms
content: Mug, Beer; Commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, stoneware (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 13.97 cm x 13.97 cm x 9.525 cm