1904 St. Louis World's Fair

[meego12345]

Grandpa, They'll never tear in down will they? Well...they better not.

[bjcpc0337]

Thanks for posting, too bad the attitude years ago was to tear things down and throw away. Down by the St. Louis Gateway Arch and old Cathedral, no signs of how there were buildings down to the river, Now most of northern downtown is like a ghost town, in decay. So many great examples of architecture overlooked and forgotten.

[skeilak]

@bjcpc0337

Much like the buildings of the Chicago Centennial, the buildings of the 1904 World's Fair were not built to last. They were temporary structures by design.

Example; Those big buildings, with all the impressive stone work and columns, were really just wood, and lattice, covered in molded plaster, and painted to look like stone.

[tjandcaleb]

1904 hot dogs

[MelanieLouM]

Looks like a good time was had by all! ^_^

[kennethj1956]

I was the little kid in this video; Scott Joplin was there and everything!! But I wasn't allowed to listen to that kind of 'devil' music.

[orion7763]

Great video! And you have to love Maple Leaf Rag, even if it is in midi format.

[eleventhdr]

yes to time travel to this the St louis worlds fair of 1904 got to get there and then once i ma here well things would turn out very differently you will see!

[tekkenhalo]

I learned about this in my history class.  It's amazing. :D

[MsSilentsiren]

That is so cool! I wish I could have attended it and eaten the first ice crean cone!

[eleventhdr]

They should have built Titanic in 1904 then it would never ahve hit that stupip iceberg they could ave sailed up the missouri to St Louis for the fair hmmm:! they could have made it 18 acres big like that giganitic building at the fair

[thesuntheneonlight]

This shit wasn't cool at all peoples. You obviously don't know the background of this labritory.

[stlvideo08]

"labritory"??

[StLouisEarl]

I have a photo book from this fair. Next time I get it out maybe I'll share some pics from it.

[nanogirl]

Terrific, thank you!

[jolelikamgr]

Where were the national buildings? I want to see my Swedish Pavilion! =^)

[richardbrompton]

But I thought this had Judy Garland!

[jeffsummstl]

I wish I could go back in time and see it personally.

[eleventhdr]

yeah that can be done in real time I ahve a way to dom just that so!

[ZenWolfDances]

Me too.

[MamaBarb03]

same here! i want to time travel to EVERY YEAR EVER!

[stlvideo08]

Hmmm interesting. I like the photos and music, but maybe add some video to the next episode in you "60 Seconds" series. Also, your videosare only 59 seconds, but good job!!

[sumiink]

wow great photos