Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth U.S. President
(1901-1909)
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Food: Tea merchant Thomas Sullivan invents the tea bag. The St.
Louis World's Fair introduces puffed rice, Popcorn, Burgers
on buns, Iced tea, Ice cream cones, Peanut Butter. Campbell's cans Pork & Beans and The "Campbell Kids" debut in
Philadelphia streetcar ads.
Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook.
p 19 & 39
- Photography:
Edward S. Curtis
(American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)
World Fair celebrating the
centennial of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Louisiana Purchase International
Exposition in 1904
(101 years, it opened a year late)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
(30 April - 1 December)
3rd of 8 World Fairs held in America - 1876, 1893, 1904, 1915, 1933, 1939, 1962, 1964
Location: Forest Park (1,272
acres)
Architectural Wonder: domed and ornate Festival hall known as
Palace of Fine Arts on Art Hill. Today it is the St. Louis Art
Museum. In front of this was the Cascades, a light-studded
waterworks.
A 13-acre reproduction of the city of Jerusalem.
Visitors: 19.6 million
Novelties: the ice cream cone, iced tea,
the Chicago Fair's (1893) Ferris Wheel, The Fair hosted the
1904 Summer Olympic Games
(the first Olympics held in the United
States). The film musical Meet me in St. Louis, (1944) starring Judy Garland featured
the 1904 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Mattie, Erik World's Fairs Princeton Architectural Press, 1998, New York: New York.
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