| Accession Number: | SC 18:71 |
| Location: | RB-F Photo |
| Dates: | 1899-2004 |
| Size: | 1 shoebox; 0.25 cubic feet |
| Creator/Collector: | Various |
| Acquisition info: | How we got it |
| Accruals: | No accruals expected |
| Custodial history: | All previous owners |
| Language: | English and German |
| Processed by: | Melissa Miller, October 2018 |
| Conservation notes: | Postcards placed in mylar sleeves |
| Scope and Content: | The collection contains postcards of scenes from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. The postcards are from a variety of publishers, and some were sent through the mail. |
| Arrangement: | Alphabetical by topic |
| Restrictions: | No restrictions |
| Remarks: | No remarks |
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Postcard Collection
1899-2004
1 shoebox; 0.25 cubic feet
| Box/Folder | Description |
| 1/- | Finding aid |
| 1/- | Booklets
-Panoramic Views (Bernhard M. Graff); 1904 -Administration Building/Brazilian Pavilion -Chinese Pavilion/English Pavilion (2) -Illinois State Building/United States Government Building (2) -Looking East on Lagoon/Napoleon Bridge (South Lagoon) (2) -Louisiana State Building/Streets of Cairo -Missouri State Building/Palace of Varied Industries -Palace of Agriculture/Palace of Manufactures -Palace of Art/Palace of Horticulture (2) -Palace of Electricity/Palace of Transportation (2) -Palace of Liberal Arts/Palace of Machinery (2) -Palace of Mines and Metallurgy/Typical Philippine Building (2) -Tyrolean Alps -Louisiana Purchase at the Site of the Great World’s Fair (Benesch Art Publishing Company); 1899 |
| 1/- | Cascades, Fountains, Lagoons, Etc.
-Across the Main Lagoon (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -[boats on lagoon] -[bridge and Festival Hall] -Bridge over Lagoon -Cascade Gardens and Grand Basin (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.); addressed to Mrs. BJ Caldwell; 1905 -The Cascades (Hammond) -Cascades, West Restaurant -Electricity Building from Art Hill -[Festival Hall] -Festival Hall -Festival Hall and Cascades (Regal Shoe Co.) -Festival Hall, Cascades and Fountains, Colonade of States (Kropp) -Figures on Cascades (2) -Fountains and Festival Hall from Education Building -Grand Basin -Grand Fountain from Art Hill with Electricity Building across Grand Basin (2) -Grand Lagoon (Regal Shoe Co.) (2) -Looking East on Lagoon (Hammond) -Statues on Cascades -View from Festival Hall |
| 1/- | Egypt
-[camel] -Celebrated Egyptian Jugglers (I. Benyakar) -Celebrated Egyptian Mosque (I. Benyakar) -Celebrated Egyptian Sword Fencers (I. Benyakar) -Egyptian Runners (I. Benyakar) -Egyptian Temple at Karnak (I. Benyakar) -Group of Soudanese from Soudan, Egypt (I. Benyakar) -[street scene] -Waiting for a Customer |
| 1/- | Foreign Countries
-Austria Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Belgium Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Brazilian Pavilion (Albertype Co.); addressed to Merritt Bates Holley; 1905 -Brazilian Pavilion (Hammond) -Brazilian Pavilion (Sunday Post-Dispatch) (2) -British Pavilion, Reproduction of Banquet Hall, Kensington Palace (Sunday Post-Dispatch) (5) -Canada -[Ceylon Building] -Ceylon Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -China Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Deutches Haus (A. Selige); in German -East India Building (2) -France Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.); addressed to Lisette [Friend] (2) -German Government Building on Art Hill (Kropp) -German Pavilion (Naturfarbenphotographie Heliochrom-System) (5) -German Pavilion (Sunday Post-Dispatch) (3) -German Pavilion, Court (Naturfarbenphotographie Heliochrom-System) -German Pavilion, Ernst Wasmuth Pavilion; in German -German Pavilion, German East African Protectorate Exhibit (Naturfarbenphotographie Heliochrom-System) -German Pavilion, Oak Gallery (Naturfarbenphotographie Heliochrom-System) (3) -Great Britain Building, Orangery of Kensington Palace (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -India and Ceylon Tea Pavilions -Italian Pavilion (Sunday Post-Dispatch) (3) -Italy (Albertype Co.); addressed to Merritt B. Holley; 1904 -Japanese Pavilion (A. Selige) -Mexico |
| 1/- | Jerusalem
-Arab Peasants -Church of the Holy Sepulchre (2) -Jaffa Gate (2) -Via Dolorosa (2) |
| 1/- | Miscellaneous
-Ethological Building -Ferris Wheel (A. Selige); addressed to Merritt B. Holley; 1904 -Fisheries -Grant’s Cabin (CF Blanke) -Kansas City Casino (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Levee during Flood of 1903; addressed to Joseph Schömann; 1904 -Lotus Lodge (Ives Process Co.) -LPE Official Flag -MH Wiltzius Co. exhibit, Varied Industries Building -Palestine Dragoman, Cook -SS Rameses the Great, Cook’s Nile Steamer -Temple of Fraternity (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Trolley Car; addressed to Merritt Bates Holley; 1906 -Union Station (Hesse Envelope Co.); addressed to Edith O. Ringwalt; 1904 -Waterworks Pumping Station -[World’s Fair film]; Metrotix; 2004 (3) |
| 1/- | Palaces
-Administration Building -Administration Building (Rotograph Co.) -Administration Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Art Palace (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.); addressed to Lena Kleinschmitd; 1904 -Art Palace (Sunday Post-Dispatch) -Education and Manufactures Building from Art Hill -Education and Mines and Metallurgy Building from Art Hill -[Education Building] -Educational and Social Economy Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (2) -[Electricity Building] -Electricity Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (2) -Electricity Building Taken from Art Hill -Electricity Building, View from Festival Hall (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Electricity, Machinery, Bridge over Lagoon -Government Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Liberal Arts Building (A. Selige) -Liberal Arts Building (Sunday Post-Dispatch) (2) -Liberal Arts/Government/Mines and Metallurgy -Manufactures Building -Manufactures Building from Electricity Building -Manufactures Building from Liberal Arts -Mines and Metallurgy, South View -Palace of Agriculture (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (2) -Palace of Arts -Palace of Arts (Buxton & Skinner) -Palace of Arts (Frey & Co.) -Palace of Education -Palace of Education (Buxton & Skinner) -Palace of Education and Cascade Gardens; addressed to Rev. Father G. Klein; 1904 -Palace of Education and Palace of Manufactures (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Palace of Education, West Side (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Palace of Education/East Lagoon from Art Hill/Wireless Telegraph Tower/Mines and Metallurgy Building (Kropp) -Palace of Electricity -Palace of Electricity (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (4) -Palace of Electricity, Illumination -Palace of Horticulture (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Palace of Liberal Arts -Palace of Liberal Arts; addressed to Merritt Bates Holley; 1904 -Palace of Liberal Arts (Buxton & Skinner) -Palace of Liberal Arts (Hammond) -Palace of Liberal Arts (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (2) -Palace of Liberal Arts (Sunday Post-Dispatch) -Palace of Liberal Arts (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Palace of Liberal Arts, Middle Entrance -Palace of Machinery -Palace of Machinery (Hammond); addressed to Joseph Outtey (3) -Palace of Machinery (Regal Shoe Co.) (4) -Palace of Machinery (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Palace of Manufactures (2) -Palace of Manufactures (A. Selige) (2) -Palace of Manufactures (Buxton & Skinner) -Palace of Manufactures (Hammond) (2) -Palace of Manufactures (Regal Shoe Co.) (4) -Palace of Manufactures (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Palace of Mines and Metallurgy -Palace of Mines and Metallurgy (Hammond) -Palace of Mines and Metallurgy (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (2) -Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, Main Entrance (Sunday Post-Dispatch) -Palace of Transportation (2) -Palace of Transportation (Buxton & Skinner) -Palace of Transportation (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (2) -Palace of Varied Industries (2) -Palace of Varied Industries (Buxton & Skinner) -Palace of Varied Industries (Hammond) -Palace of Varied Industries (Regal Shoe Co.) (3) -Palace of Varied Industries (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (2) -Palace of Varied Industries (Sunday Post-Dispatch) -Palace of Varied Industries, east side (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Palace of Varied Industries, view on Dedication Day (Sunday Post-Dispatch) (2) -Transportation Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.); addressed to JE Ringwalt; 1904 (2) -United States Government Building -United States Government Building (Buxton & Skinner) (2) -US Government Building (Hammond) -US Government Building (Regal Shoe Co.) (5) -US Government Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) |
| 1/- | Philippine Village
-Bamboo House -Bow and Arrow Shooting -Fort -[group of people] -Igorot Woman -Igorot Woman Weaving -Igorrote Dog Feast (A. Selige) -[row of houses] (2) |
| 1/- | Russia
-Souvenir of the Russian Section (3) |
| 1/- | States
-Arizona State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Arkansas -California -Connecticut State Building (Frey & Co.) -Connecticut State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Georgia State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Idaho State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (2) -Illinois Building -Indian Territory Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Indiana State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Kansas -Kentucky -Louisiana -Maine State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Massachusetts State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Michigan State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.); addressed to MB Holley; 1904 -Minnesota State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Mississippi State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Missouri Building (Frey & Co.); addressed to Mrs. Ellis; 1904 -[Missouri State Building] -Missouri State Building (Missouri History Museum) (2) -Missouri State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.); addressed to Shray L. Hillis; 1904 (3) -Montana State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Nevada -New York State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -New Jersey State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Oklahoma -Oregon State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Pennsylvania State Building (Kropp); addressed to Merritt Bates Holley; 1905 -Pennsylvania State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Rhode Island State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -South Dakota State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Tennessee State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Texas State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Utah State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Virginia State Building (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) -Washington State Building -West Virginia |
| 1/- | Statues, Monuments, Etc.
-Grand Stairway to Festival Hall -Louisiana Monument; addressed to Edith O. Ringalt (2) -[Louisiana Purchase Monument] -Spirit of the Pacific -Statue of St. Louis -Statues on Cascades -Terrace of States, East Park |
| 1/- | Tyrolean Alps
-Linderhof (Stange & Wagner) -Luchow-Faust Restaurant (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (8) -Neuschwanstein (Stange & Wagner) -Salzburg (Stange & Wagner) -Tyrolean Alps (Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.) (21) -Tyrolean Alps (Stange & Wagner) (6) -Zell a. Ziller (Stange & Wagner) -Zell am See (Stange & Wagner) |
