WORLDS FAIR St. Louis Mo. 1904. PALACE OF ARTS (836 BY 450 FEET. COST, $1,000,000.) PALACE OF AGRICULTURE. (1,600 FEET LONG AND 500 FEET WIDE. AREA 19 ACRES, COST $529,940.)

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WORLDS FAIR St. Louis Mo. 1904. PALACE OF ARTS (836 BY 450 FEET. COST, $1,000,000.) PALACE OF AGRICULTURE. (1,600 FEET LONG AND 500 FEET WIDE. AREA 19 ACRES, COST $529,940.)

Publisher: Hesse Envelope Co. (St. Louis, MO, 1888 – 1930's)

American

1904

Medium/Technique Chromolithograph on card stock.

Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2017.5979

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: Hesse Envelope Co., St. Louis, Publishers
Back: Undivided. Mint.

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)