Historic Map - St. Louis, MO - 1904 - George W. Melville
Description
Reproduction map of the town known as St. Louis, MO, celebrating the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase in 1904, drawn by George W. Melville.
Booster information below the title on the map reads as follows:
"In the production of this panorama of the fair, effort has been made by careful detail to portray the architectural beauties of all the buildings; and by general arrangement and color, convey to the observer in a comprehensive picture the vastness and "tout ensemble" of the exposition. Forest Park, where the World's Fair is located, previous to the erection of the buildings, was a succession of wooded hills and dales. Millions of dollars were expended in leveling and grading, to prepare the site for the main exhibit palaces, shown in the center of the picture; at either end of the grounds the country still rises to an elevation of seventy-five feet. The view is looking towards the south; the great palaces of Electricity, Varied Industries, Transportation and Machinery are shown on the right of the Court of Honor; on the left are Education, Manufacturers, Mines and Metallurgy and Liberal Arts. Surrounding these eight palaces of exhibits are ornamental parade plazas, sunken gardens, and the mile and one-half lagoon system, which encircles the Electricity and Educational buildings. Left of the Liberal Arts building rises the U. S. Government building, and further back the Missouri building and Plateau of State buildings, which reaches to the extreme south-east corner of the grounds. From this point, following the line of horizon to the right, one sees the grand Festival Hall, in the center of the picture, which, with the terrace of states, the beautiful cascades and gardens, form the central feature of the exposition. Directly behind this are the Palace of Art and Statuary Halls. Conspicuous among the Foreign Pavilions is that of Germany, located on Art Hill at the left of the Terrace of States, the Texas State building, in the form of a star, being a near neighbor. To the right of the Terrace, down in the depression, is Jerusalem; close by are the National Gardens of Japan, and Morocco; across the boulevard, the Fraternal Temple, plus California and Illinois State buildings; down to the right, the Observator (Ferris) Wheel, backed by the great Agricultural Palace and Philippine Reservation; lower in the picture, at the extreme right, are the Indian School and Villages, Map of the U. S. in growing crops, Athletic and Aeronautic fields, the Administration buildings of the Fair and the Pavilions of Foreign Nations. In the immediate foreground is shown the Pike or Midway, a street a mile long lined on either side with amusing and instructive world wonders. The World's Fair Grounds cover an area of about two square miles, being one and three-quarters miles long and one mile wide, containing 1,240 acres. The total cost of the Exposition, about $50,000,000."
Complete reference list below.
Features references to the following locations:
EXHIBIT PALACES:
Palaces of Art and Statuary
Palaces of Agriculture, twenty acres
Palace of Education and Social Economy, eight acres
Palace of Electricity, eight acres
Palace of Forestry, Fish and Game, four acres
Palace of Horticulture, seven acres
Palace of Liberal Arts, nine acres
Palace of Machinery, ten acres
Palace of Manufacturers, fourteen acres
Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, nine acres
Palace of Transportation, fifteen acres
U. S. Government Building, four acres
Palace of Varied Industries, fourteen acres
STATE BUILDINGS:
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Indian Territory
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
STATE BUILDINGS CONTINUED:
Louisiana (The Cabildo)
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey (Washington's Headquarters at Morristown)
New York
Nevada
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
SPECIAL BUILDINGS:
Administration Buildings
Alaska
Closure
Collonade of States
Day Nursery
Desciples of Christ
Festival Hall
Forest Park Hotel
Grand View Fraternal Hotel
General Grant's Cabin
Hall of Congress
House of Hoo Hoo
Indian School
Inside Inn (2,500 rooms)
Lindell Entrance
Live Stock Pavilion (thirty-seven acres and arena for live stock exhibits)
Metal Pavilion
Model City Buildings
New York to North Pole
Press Building
Police Station
Power House
Restaurant Pavilions
Refrigeration Plant
Robert Burns' Cottage
Temple of Fraternity
T. P. A. Building
U. S. Bird Exhibit
U. S. Fisheries
PIKE OR MIDWAY LOCATIONS:
German Tyrolean Alps
Irish Internation Exhibit
Under and Over the Sea
Old Seville
Hunting in Ozarks
Hackenback's Animals
Fair Japan
Old St. Louis
Creation
Siberian Railroad
Deep Sea Divers
Chinese Village
Constantinople
Magic Whirlpool
Cliff Dwellers
Scenic Railroad
Naval Exhibit
Galveston Flood
Hales Fire Fighters
Battle Abbey
49 Mining Camp
Cairo
Natatorium
Palais du Costume
Paris, Ancient and Modern
Moving Pictures
Glass Weavers
Hereafter
Moorish Palace
Asia
FOREIGN PAVILLIONS:
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Cuba
Ceylon
France (Grand Trianon Palace, Versailles Gardens)
Germany (Charlottenburg Palace)
Great Britain (Orangery at Kensington Palace)
India
Japan "Gardens"
Mexico
Morocco
Nicaragua
Siam
Sweden
SPECIAL ATTRICTIONS:
Aernautic Field, Air Ship Competition
Athletic Field, for Olympian Games
Aquatic Gardens
Cascades and Gardens
Competitive Forestry Exhibit (U. S. and Germany)
Floral Clock, 100 feet diameter
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS CONTINUED:
Intramural Railway Loop
Indian Villages of U. S., thirty acres
Irrigated Farm
Life Saving Station on Lake
Louisiana Purchase Monument
Music Pagodas
Map of U. S. in growing Crops, six acres
Observation (Ferris) Wheel, 264 feet high
Rose Garden, six acres
Sunken Garden
Philippine Reservation, forty acres
Laguna de Bayie
Bridge of Spain
Wall around Manila
Cathedral of Manila
Government Buildings in Manila
Villages of Philippine Natives (Water, Tree and Land Dwellers)
Jerusalem
Wall Around City
Moslem Quarter, Dome of the Rock
Jewish Quarter: Citidal and Wailing Wall
Christian Quarter: Modern Buildings and Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Gate of Damascus
Gate of Jaffa
Gate of the Moors
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