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.
Phil the gorilla, as impressive in death as he was in life, still draws crowds at the St. Louis Zoo, where the mounted figure is on display in the Old Elephant House, next door to the ape house where he lived before his death last December. The massive figure, standing erect in a characteristic pose, holds the fascinated gaze of three young visitors, Karen, 3, and Debra Hartman, 5, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lyode Hartman, 943 St. Charles st., St. Charles, Mo., and Pam Karrenbrock, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Karrenbrock, Wentzville, Mo.
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.
Aerial view of northwest corner of Forest Park along axis of Skinker Blvd., running ahead just to left of center of frame, top to bottom. Forest Park to right of Skinker; residential area near Skinker and Wydown at lower left corner, with just a few large homes already built. Brookings Hall area of Washington University campus visible at extreme left center edge of frame to left of Skinker.
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.
The World's Fair Pavillion at Forest Park, circa 1950. Photograph donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Gerald R. Massie and the Massie family.
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.
View of the 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage at the St. Louis Zoo from Washington Street in Forest Park. A low wall around the perimeter of the Zoo provided a generous view of the immense aviary for people and cars which passed on the street.
A competitive design submission for the Missouri Building planned for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. The design was submitted by architect Isaac S. Taylor and the illustration was printed as no. 857 on May 28,1892 in American Architect and Building News.
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.