Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir, Palace of Arts
date: label: Date made
content: 1904
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir commemorating the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St.Louis, Missouri in 1904. The souvenir is an oval-shaped band with circular ornament on top. The band is hinged at the center is a possible napkin ring. The souvenir features an image of the Fair's Palace of the Arts.
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: The Palace of Fine Arts displayed thousands of works of art from around the world, including decorative arts such as furniture. One of the only remaining structures from the 1904 Fair, the building is the current home of the St. Louis Art Museum.
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: 1989.0438.1020
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1020
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: 1904K01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Napkin Ring?
label: Object Name
content: souvenir
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 in x 1 3/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm x 3.4925 cm