"St. Louis Exposition Building---In the early eighties this building was one of the most popular resorts in the city. Every fall the St. Louis Exposition was held here, and the Music Hall which was a part of the structure was in use for concerts, lectures and other entertainment on occasion. The Public Library now occupies this site. (By courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society.)"
"The Grand Music Hall of the Exposition Building, Thirteenth and Olive, was where Col. Patrick Gilmore's 100-piece band played to capacity crowds in the early 1890s. Hall had 3507 numbered seats."
John Phillip Sousa's band. The hall was a meeting place for conventions and public gatherings of all kinds until it was razed in 1907. This picture dates from about Spanish-American War times."