Louisiana Purchase Exposition

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historical event international exposition world's fair

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, was a major international exposition held to celebrate the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase and showcase technological, cultural, and artistic achievements of the era.

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition canonical 22
1904 St. Louis World's Fair 3
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
international exposition ⓘ
world's fair ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
surface form: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair

Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis World's Fair
approvedBy United States Congress ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
area approximately 1,200 acres ⓘ
chiefArchitect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray ⓘ
commemoratedEvent Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1904-12-01 ⓘ
featured Festival Hall ⓘ
Palace of Agriculture ⓘ
Palace of Education ⓘ
Palace of Electricity ⓘ
Palace of Fine Arts ⓘ
Palace of Transportation ⓘ
Pike amusement area ⓘ
featuredEvent Summer Olympics 1904 ⓘ
surface form: 1904 Summer Olympics
featuredInnovation X-ray technology exhibits ⓘ
automobile exhibits ⓘ
early wireless telegraphy demonstrations ⓘ
electric lighting displays ⓘ
followedBy Jamestown Exposition ⓘ
hosted athletic events of the 1904 Summer Olympics ⓘ
included Philippine Reservation exhibit ⓘ
anthropological and "living exhibits" of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
educational exhibits from U.S. states and territories ⓘ
international pavilions ⓘ
introducedToMassAudience Dr Pepper (wider promotion) ⓘ
hamburger (popularization) ⓘ
ice cream cone (popularization) ⓘ
legacyBuilding Saint Louis Art Museum ⓘ
World's Fair Pavilion in Forest Park ⓘ
locatedAt Forest Park ⓘ
surface form: Forest Park, St. Louis
locatedIn St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
numberOfBuildings over 1,500 ⓘ
numberOfExhibitingCountries over 60 ⓘ
numberOfVisitors approximately 19,000,000 ⓘ
openedToPublic 1904-04-30 ⓘ
organizedBy Louisiana Purchase Exposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
precededBy Pan-American Exposition ⓘ
presidentOfExpositionCompany David R. Francis ⓘ
purpose to celebrate the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
to showcase artistic achievements ⓘ
to showcase cultural achievements ⓘ
to showcase technological achievements ⓘ
significance major showcase of early 20th-century technology and culture ⓘ
startDate 1904-04-30 ⓘ
timePeriod Progressive Era ⓘ

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St. Louis, Missouri, United States → hostedEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1904 World’s Fair
Vulcan statue → commissionedFor → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Vulcan statue → exhibitedAt → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis
Summer Olympics 1904 → associatedEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
subject surface form: 1904 Summer Olympics
Louisiana Purchase Exposition → alsoKnownAs → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Louisiana Purchase Exposition → alsoKnownAs → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Louis World's Fair
Louisiana Purchase Exposition → organizedBy → Louisiana Purchase Exposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
Meet Me in St. Louis → setBefore → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Forest Park → hostedEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Missouri History Museum → focusesOn → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: World's Fairs in St. Louis
Missouri History Museum → focusesOn → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Gateway City → associatedWithEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Palace of Transportation → partOf → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Palace of Transportation → partOf → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Palace of Transportation → event → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Festival Hall → partOf → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Festival Hall → partOf → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Festival Hall → existedDuringEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Festival Hall → event → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Festival Hall → demolishedAfterEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Palace of Education → partOf → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Palace of Education → openedFor → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Palace of Education → event → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Palace of Education → partOf → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: World's Fair architecture in St. Louis
Palace of Electricity → locatedInEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Jamestown Exposition → precededBy → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Pan-American Exposition → followedBy → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Palace of Agriculture → locatedAtEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
Palace of Agriculture → partOf → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: fairgrounds of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Palace of Agriculture → associatedWith → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase centennial celebration
Philippine Reservation exhibit → partOfEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
World's Fair Pavilion in Forest Park → commemorates → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
1904 World's Fair → officialName → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
1904 World's Fair → organizer → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
Geronimo → participatedInEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair
SLAM → builtFor → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ
subject surface form: Saint Louis Art Museum
World’s Fair Pavilion → associatedEvent → Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ