Walls of Jerusalem and the ferris wheel looking from west restaurant pavilion Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis U.S.A. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Walls of Jerusalem and the ferris wheel looking from west restaurant pavilion Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis U.S.A., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Walls of Jerusalem and the ferris wheel looking from west restaurant pavilion Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis U.S.A.
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Few views of the 1904 fair in St. Louis show the Walls of Jerusalem, a midway attraction that reproduced the ancient walls of the Holy City, alongside the great Ferris wheel rising above the fairgrounds. The stereograph was published by the H.C. White Co., which sold paired views like this one for viewing through a stereoscope. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition marked the centennial of the 1803 land deal that doubled the nation's territory, and its mix of replicas of distant places and mechanical rides made it a showcase of the era's popular entertainment. The juxtaposition here, an ancient-style wall beside a modern steel wheel, captures that contrast.
| Created / published | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | H53676 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 8503. · Harte Bret 1836-1902. |
| Subjects | Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis Mo.)--Buildings. Exhibitions--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,278 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271225 |
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