LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSI TION, an international exposition held in Saint Louis, Mo., 30 April 1 Dec. 1904, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the pur chase from France of the Louisiana. A tract of 1,142 acres in Forest Park was selected for the site. The plan included 15 large exhibition buildings, of which the main group were laid out in the form of a fan. The apex of the fan was formed of the four great Art Palaces, of which one in brick and stone survives as a memorial. These were from designs by Cass Gilbert. E. L. Masqueray designed the Hall of Sculpture, the Palace of Agriculture and the Palace of Transportation. The Palace of Edu cation was designed by Eames and Young in reformed classic style. Carrere and Hastings designed the Palace of Manufactures in Cor inthian. Other groups were the Palace of Electricity by Walker and Kimball, the Palace of Machinery by Widman, Walsh and Bois selier, the Palace of Forestry, Fish and Game by E. L. Masqueray, the United States Govern ment Building, housing exhibits by the various departments of the national government. In addition to these there were about 500 other buildings on the grounds, built by foreign gov ernments, the States and Territories or for special exhibits. The French building was a
reproduction of the famous Grand Trianon of Versailles. There were 250 groups of decora tive sculpture and over 1,000 single figures, erected under the supervision of A. Saint Gaudens, J. Q. A. Ward and D. C. French. The landscape effects comprised a six-acre rose garden, sunken gardens and a colossal floral clock. There were several waterfalls and miniature lagoons on which were to be found Venetian gondolas and other watercraft. At the northern end of the grounds there was a street about one mile in length. Along it were leased various amusement concessions. It was known as °The Pike?' Perhaps the most in teresting and important were the anthropo.. logical exhibits of aboriginal tribes, including the Philippine Division which represented all the important native tribes, with exhibits of their domestic life, arts, industries, etc. Of the total recorded admissions, 19,694,855, 12,804,616 were paid.