Daily official program for the World's Fair or Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis on September 22, 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—most notably, the "Olympic Boxing Championships." Other festivities listed include a "Special Boer War Benefit Performance," the "World's Fair Cattle Show," and "Arkansas Day." The program also features an advertisement for rides on 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. In very good condition, with general handling wear and a central vertical fold.
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