Details
Contributor Windman, Walsh & Boisselier, architect.
Samuel Cupples Envelope Co., publisher.
Title Machinery Building (official). World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904. [graphic].
Publisher St. Louis; New York: Samuel Cupples Envelope Co. - sole stationery licensee
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1904
Publisher MO. St. Louis. 1904
Date [1904]
Physical Description 1 print: color halftone photomechanical print; sheet 9 x 17 cm.(3.5 x 6.5 in.)
Description Illustrated envelope for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in honor of the centennial anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase in St. Louis, Mo., April 30-December 1, 1901. Shows the Palace of Machinery built after the designs of Windman, Walsh & Boisselier. A fountain adorns the grounds across which vistors stroll and sit on benches. The machinery building contained exhibits related to advancements in technology, as well as the generator built by General Electric to power the entire exhibition.
Notes Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Michael Zinman.
Subject Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- Buildings.
Genre Pictorial envelopes -- 1900-1910.
Halftone photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Associated name Windman, Walsh & Boisselier, architect.
Printer Samuel Cupples Envelope Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.108]
Accession number P.2008.36.108