The Chinese Pavilion [large pagoda], Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo. – Vintage Wall Art
![The Chinese Pavilion [large pagoda], Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., c1904. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c4/c43f9d4e398f-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: The Chinese Pavilion [large pagoda], Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Chinese Pavilion [large pagoda], Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo.
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A large pagoda rising above the grounds identifies this stereograph as a view of the Chinese Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the world's fair that opened in St. Louis in 1904 to mark a century since the United States acquired the Louisiana Territory. Many countries built their own structures across the fairgrounds, and this pagoda-style building drew on Chinese architecture. The image was issued as a stereo card by C.L. Wasson of the International View Company, a paired photograph meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. Its card number, 3088, places it among the company's many sets of fair views.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by C.L. Wasson (International View Co.). No. 3088. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Architecture; China--Hist.; Exhibitions, 1904. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,355 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-137691 |
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