Looking down west cascade at night and across Grand Basin to Palace of Education Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis U.S.A. – Antique Wall Art
(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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This historic photograph of Looking down west cascade at night and across Grand Basin to Palace of Education Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis U.S.A. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Looking down west cascade at night and across Grand Basin to Palace of Education Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis U.S.A.
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Electric light is the real subject of this stereograph, which shows the West Cascade at night, its illuminated water falling toward the Grand Basin, with the Palace of Education visible beyond. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 marked the centennial of the 1803 land deal that doubled the nation's size, and its grounds were famous for their evening illumination, which earned the fair the nickname "Jewel City." Stereo cards like this one were sold to a broad public, and the 1905 date places the view just after the fair closed, when such images still circulated as souvenirs of the event.
| Created / published | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | H59570 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8529. · Carson Marian S. collector. |
| Subjects | Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis Mo.) Fountains--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910. Electric lighting--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910. Night--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,287 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271164 |
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