Daily official program for the World's Fair or Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis on August 16, 1904, which played host to that year's Olympic Games, 16 pages, 6 x 9, providing schedules and descriptions for the day's diverse events and attractions—including a firework show, concert band performances, a Boer War commemoration, patent office exhibition, and the original Ferris Wheel, which had been built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, then transported to St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The last page advertises the "Olympic Games" as an upcoming event, to begin on August 29th. In very good to fine condition, with general handling wear, a central vertical fold, and a few pencil notations inside.
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