Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Pillow, Theodore Roosevelt
date: label: Date made
content: 1904
label: associated dates
content: 1904 04 30 / 1904 04 30, 1904 12 01 / 1904 12 01
name: label: Associated Name
content: Roosevelt, Theodore
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir handkerchief commemorating the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. The textile features a portrait of President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt. It is marked "LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI USA APRIL 30 TO DECEMBER 1, 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 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: Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) opened the Louisana Purchase Exposition by pushing a gold telegraphic key installed in the White House in Washington DC. He would visit the Fair after winn reelection, arriving on November 26, 1904.
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: Presidents
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: 1989.0438.1099
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1099
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: 1904T03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Handkerchief
label: Other Terms
content: Handkerchief; Commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10 in x 10 in; 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm