Photograph of the German Pavilion at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. This pavilion was best known for its bells which could be heard from a great distance.
The Chalmette was built in 1881 at Jeffersonville, Indiana as the City of Vicksburg for the Anchor Line Packet Company of St. Louis, Missouri. She was wrecked by the cyclone in St. Louis on May 27, 1896 along with four other Anchor Line steamers. In the process of rebuilding by Captain W. H. Thorwegan as an excursion boat she was purchased by the Illinois Central Railroad interests and renamed
8x6 in photograph of the Palaces of Electricity and Machinery at the 1904 World's Fair. The picture was taken at night from the walkway between the Grand Basin and the building.
8x6 in photograph of the lagoon leading east from the grand basin at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. A gondola travels under a bridge toward the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. The Palaces of Education and Social Economy are visible on the left.
8x6 in photograph of the Sunken Garden at the 1904 World's Fair. The picture was taken from the Government Terrace (later Government Drive) looking north all the way to the distant towers of the Palace of Varied Industries. The buildings on the left are the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy with the obelisks flanking its entrance and the Palaces of Education and Social Economy. On the right is
8x6 in photograph of the Palace of Transportation at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The picture was taken from across the lagoon near the David Crockett Bridge and covers most of the southeast corner of the building.
Photograph taken from the western edge of Art Hill looking north toward the dome of Creation at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Palaces of Electricity and Machinery are most visible on the left with the Palace of Varied Industries behind it. On the right is the edge of the Palace of Machinery with the Palace of Transportation behind it. The lagoon is between the buildings.
8x6 in photograph of Festival Hall at the 1904 World's Fair. The image includes the Cascades running down Art Hill to the Grand Basin as well as various fountains and statues.
From: A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina / reprinted from the original ed. of 1778; ed. by Frederick Charles Hicks.
8x6 in photograph of the Palace of Manufactures at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. The picture was taken from across the grand basin and includes gondolas and bridges as well as some of the statues at the edge of the Plaza of St. Louis.
8x6 in photograph of the Sunken Garden at the 1904 World's Far with the U.S. Government building in the background. The picture was taken from across the lagoon. The Palace of Liberal Arts is on the left and the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy is on the right. There are two gondolas in the foreground.
9x6.75 in photograph of the Festival Hall on Art Hill in Forest Park at the 1904 World's Fair. The picture was taken at night and the lights on the buildings are reflecting in the water of the Grand Basin.