COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Covers: Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis
Obj Height cm:
13
Obj Width cm:
7
Note:
The map shows the Exposition grounds in printed color, and the text on the verso gives some interesting facts: at 1240 areas, this was the largest world fair to date; exhibits included "cane used by Benjamin Franklin, Battle Monument, Baltimore, in canned goods, Statue of Miss Louisiana in sugar, Wireless telephone station in operation, and Fanatic desert tribes of Morocco," plus of course many others totaling "twelve thousand carloads of exhibits." Folded into red card board covers 12.5x7 with "Map And Guide Of World's Fair Grounds Saint Louis, 1904. Published By Buxton & Skinner Stationery Company Fourth and Olive Streets Saint Louis Price 10 Cents" printed in black. Full printed color.
Full Title:
(Covers to) Ground Plan Of The Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis, Mo. 1904. Buxton & Skinner Stationery Co. Publishers, Fourth & Olive St. St. Louis, Mo. Copyright, 1904 By Parker Eng. Co.
List No:
4776.001
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1904
Pub Title:
Ground Plan Of The Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis, Mo. 1904. Buxton & Skinner Stationery Co. Publishers, Fourth & Olive St. St. Louis, Mo. Copyright, 1904 By Parker Eng. Co.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
4776.000
Pub Height cm:
13
Pub Width cm:
7
Image No:
4776001
Publisher Location:
St. Louis
Publisher:
Buxton & Skinner
Type:
Covers
State/Province:
Missouri
City:
St. Louis
Subject:
World's Fair
Publication Author:
Buxton & Skinner Stationery Company
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Author:
Buxton & Skinner Stationery Company
Date:
1904
Covers: Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis
