Panoramic View Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Mailing Cards

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Panoramic View Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Mailing Cards, 1904.
Panoramic View Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Mailing Cards, 1904.

Object Details

Creator

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)

Collection Collector

Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987

Collection Citation

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Scope and Contents

Booklet of bound mailing cards. Includes: History of Louisiana Purchase essay. Images include: Napoleon Bridge, Illinois State Building, Chinese Pavilion, Palace of Electricity, Palace of Art, Looking East on Lagoon, United States Government Building, English Pavilion, Palace of Transportation, Palace of Horticulture, Tyrolean Alps (2), Palace of Varied Industries, Missouri State Building. Front depicts cover with images of Napoleon, Thomas Jefferson, William McKinley and D.R. Francis. Verso contains text and handwritten cataloging number.

sova.nmah.ac.0519_ref945

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83fc115bd-c60f-40e1-8385-01f46c59f928

Local Numbers

AC0060.0000010.tif (AC Scan, Front) AC0060.0000015.tif (AC Scan, Verso)

General

The scanned image of the souvenir mailing cards comes from Larry Zim World's Fair Collection (AC0519), Box 87, although the item originally exhibited was fron the Warshaw Collection (AC0060).

Exhibitions Note

Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late: Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.

Place

Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910

Missouri -- 1900-1910

Topic

Exhibitions

Architecture -- Missouri -- Saint Louis

Creator

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)

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Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection / Series 1: World 's Fairs Materials

Extent

1 Item (3-5/8 x 5-1/2 in.)

Date

1904

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Souvenir mailing cards

Collection Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Postcards -- 1900-1910

Souvenir Mailing Cards

Collection Restrictions

Collection is open for research but two oversize folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

NMAH.AC.0519_ref945

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83fc115bd-c60f-40e1-8385-01f46c59f928

NMAH.AC.0519

ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1560697340670-1560697343256-4

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