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Curiosities and wonders

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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St. Louis exposition in a nutshell, viewbook

 Collection
Accession: 2003-219
Abstract:

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition or the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904 as it was popularly called, was put on to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. A novelty souvenir viewbook, with forty-two small halftone views of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition accordion folded into an actual walnut shell, fastened with a ribbon.

Dates: 1904