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WORLDS FAIR St. Louis Mo. 1904. FESTIVAL HALL AND CENTRAL CASCADES.


200 FEET IN DIAMETER, SEATS 3,500 PEOPLE. COST ABOUT $1,000,000.
Attributed to: Hesse Envelope Co. (St. Louis, MO, 1888 – 1930's)
American
1904

Medium/Technique Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2017.5970
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: Undivided. Used.
Marks Canceled. Sent 1904 from St. Louis, MO to Washington, DC.
InscriptionsYes
Provenance1950s through 2017, sold by various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States to Leonard A. Lauder, New York; 2017, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)