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Archives Center, National Museum of American HistoryP.O. Box 37012Suite 1100, MRC 601Washington, D.C. [email protected]://americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Guide to the Larry Zim World's Fair CollectionNMAH.AC.0519Angela Baccala
Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 2Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 5
Series 1: World 's Fairs Materials............................................................................ 5Series 2: Reference and Miscellaneous Materials................................................. 47Series 3: Larry Zim Materials................................................................................. 48
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Collection Overview
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Title: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
Identifier: NMAH.AC.0519
Date: 1841-1988.
Extent: 46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 10 oversize folders)
Source: Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).Cooper-Hewitt Museum.Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
Language: English
Collection is in English.
Administrative Information
Acquisition InformationCollection by bequest of Larry Zim.
ProvenanceThe collection was bequeathed to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, who transferred it to theDivision of Community Life (now part of the Division of Cultural History), National Museum ofAmerican History in 1989. They transferred the archival component to the Archives Center in1995.
Processing InformationCollection processed by Angela Baccala, 1999.
Preferred CitationLarry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of AmericanHistory.
RestrictionsCollection is open for research.
Conditions Governing UseCollection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guaranteesconcerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Centercost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
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Biographical / Historical
Larry Zim, whose actual name was Larry Zimmerman, was an industrial designer, a historian of World'sFairs who wrote extensively on the subject, and a collector of World's Fair memorabilia.
Scope and Contents
Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, includingphotographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelicmaterial; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motionpicture films; and other items.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into three series.
Series 1: World's Fair Materials
Series 2: Reference and Miscellaneous Materials
Series 3: Larry Zim Materials
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects:
Crystal Palace -- (New York, New York)Exhibitions
Types of Materials:
Greeting cardsMenusMotion pictures (visual works)PanoramasPhotographs -- 19th centuryPostcardsPostersSheet music -- 19th centurySheet music -- 20th centuryShopping bagsStationeryStereographs
Appalachian Exposition. (Knoxville, Tennessee: 1911)Art and Techniques Exposition (Paris, France: 1937)British Empire Exhibition (London, England : 1924-1925)British Empire Exposition (Glasgow, Scotland: 1938)Bronx International Exposition (New York, New York: 1917-1918)Brussels International (1910 )California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco, Calif.)California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego, California: 1935-1936)Canadian National Exposition (1937)Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States (1888 : Cincinnati, Ohio)Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)Chicago Autumn Festival (1899)Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1882 : Cincinnati, Ohio)Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga)Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).Esposizione Internationale (1911 : Turin, Italy)Esposizione Internationale D'Arte (Venice, Italy: 1910)Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte (1895 : Venice, Italy)Exhibition of Art Treasures (1857 : Manchester, England)Exhibition, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1878 : Boston, Massachusetts)Expo 67 (Montreal, Quebec)Exposicion Centro-Americana (1897 : Guatemala City, Guatemala)Exposition Coloniale Internationale (Paris, France: 1931)Exposition International (1894 : Lyons, France)Exposition International Coloniale Maritime et d'Art Flammand (Antwerp, Belgium: 1930)Exposition International de Liege (1930)Exposition Internationale Maritime (1887 : Le Havre, France)Exposition Nationale Belge (1880 : Belgium)Exposition Universelle (1885 : Antwerp, Belgium)Exposition Universelle de Paris (1855 : Paris, France)Exposition Universelle de Paris (1878 : Paris, France)Exposition universelle de 1867 (Paris, France)Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)Exposition universelle et internationale (1958: Brussels, Belgium)Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)Fiera di Milano (1939)Foreign Exhibition (1883 : Boston, Massachusetts)Franco-British Exhibition (London, England: 1908)Franklin Institute Exhibition (1874 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)Gewerbe Austellung (1896 : Berlin, Germany)Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)Great Exhibition of 1851 (London, England)Great Industrial Exhibition (1853 : Dublin, Ireland)Great Lakes Exposition (Cleveland, Ohio: 1936-1937)Hemisfair '68 (San Antonio, Texas: 1968)Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)Imperial International Exhibition (London, England: 1909)International Exhibition (1897 : Brussels, Belgium)International Exhibition of 1862 (London, England)International Exhibition of 1871 (London, England)International Exhibition of 1872 (London, England)International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1865: Dublin, Ireland)International Exposition (Barcelona, Spain: 1929-1930)
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International Exposition (Brussels, Belgium: 1935)International Exposition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industries (1925 : Paris, France)International Exposition on the Environment (Spokane, Washington: 1974)International Fire Exhibition 1903 : London, England)International Marine Exhibition of Marine Hygiene and Exhibition of the Italian Glories (Genoa, Italy:1914)International Ocean Exposition (Okinawa, Japan: 1975)Interstate and West Indian Exposition (Charleston, South Carolina: 1901-1902)Italian Exposition (1904 : London, England)Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition (Hampton Roads, Virginia: 1907)Japan World Exposition (Osaka, Japan: 1970)Japan-British Exhibition (London, England: 1910)Knoxville International Energy Exposition (1982)Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.)Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)National Ecuadorian Exposition (Quito, Ecuador: 1909)National Export Exposition (1899 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)New York World's Fair (1939-1940)New York World's Fair (1964-1965)Pan-American Exposition (1901: Buffalo, N.Y.)Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915: San Francisco, Calif.)Scottish National Exposition (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1908)Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.)Sydney International Exhibition (Sydney, Australia: 1879)Texas Centennial Central Exposition (Dallas, Texas: 1936)Universal Exhibition (1873 : Vienna, Austria)Western Pennsylvania Exposition (1915 : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.)
Geographic Names:
Disneyland (California)
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Container Listing
Series 1: World 's Fairs MaterialsImage(s)
Box 77 Disneyland, Stereographs
Box 95 Disneyland/Disneyworld Postcards
Box 95 Eastern States Exposition Postcards
Box 95 International Petroleum Exposition Postcards
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Box 87 Crystal Palace, New York, postcards, 1853
Box 108 Crystal Palace, New York, prints, 1853
Box 54 Crystal Palace, New York, sheet music and song books, 1853
Box 110 Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, graphic material, 1853
Box 61 various fairs, newsprint, 1853 - 1891
Box 110 Exposition Universelle de Paris, graphic material, 1855
Box 90 Exposition Universelle de Paris, stereographs, 1855
Box 90 Exhibition of Art Treasures, Manchester, stereographs , 1857
Box 108 International Exhibition of 1862, London, print , 1862
Box 90 International Exhibition of 1862, London, stereographs , 1862
Box 90 International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Dublin, stereographs , 1865
Box 110 Exposition Universelle de Paris, graphic material , 1867
[Caricature or cartoon about Exposition Universelle from "Le Charivari" :lithograph], [ca. 1867.]1 Item (Ink on paper.; 8.5 x 10".)Daumier, Honore, 1808-1879, ArtistIllustration shows two couples, one entering and one leaving the ExpositionUniverselle, Paris. Caption: "Comment on entrera a l'exposition universelle etcomment on en sortira."
Local Numbers
1989.438.0147 (Catalog no.)
In Zim Collection, box 110, folder P1855/1.
Names: Exposition universelle de 1867 (Paris, France)
Box 79 Exposition Universelle de Paris, lantern slides , 1867
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Box 71 Exposition Universelle de Paris, printed ephemera , 1867
Box 90 Exposition Universelle de Paris, stereographs , 1867
Box 90 International Exhibition, 1871, London, stereographs, 1871
Box 90 International Exposition, Louisville, stereographs, 1872
Box 90 International Exhibition of 1872, London, stereographs , 1872
Box 110 Vienna Exhibition, graphic material, 1873
Box 79 Vienna Exhibition, lantern slides, 1873
Box 71 Vienna Exhibition, printed ephemera, 1873
Box 90 Franklin Institute Exhibition, Philadelphia, stereographs, 1874
Box 113 Philadelphia Centennial, certificate, 1876
Box 110 Philadelphia Centennial, graphic material, 1876Image(s)
Box 79 Philadelphia Centennial, lantern slides, 1876
Box 113 Philadelphia Centennial, models, 1876
Box 60 Philadelphia Centennial, newsprint, 1876
Box 68 Philadelphia Centennial, philatelic material, 1876
Box 116;
Box 108
Philadelphia Centennial, photograph plans and printed material, 1876
Box 107;
Box 71;
Box 75;
Box 64
Philadelphia Centennial, ephemera, 1876Image(s)
Horticultural Hall / Orrin Brothers & Benito Nichols' / Great / Aztec Fair /Mexican Village, / and / Typical Mexican Orchestra... [card with black ink onbuff-colored background]
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1 Item (Ink on paper.; 5" x 3".)Image(s): Horticultural Hall / Orrin Brothers & Benito Nichols' / Great / AztecFair / Mexican Village, / and / Typical Mexican Orchestra... [card with blackink on buff-colored background].Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987, CollectorCard, similar to a trade card, from the 1876 Philadelpha CentennialExhibition.
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Image(s)
Box 54 Chicago Columbian, sheet music and song books, 1893
Box 108 Chicago Columbian, stationery and greeting cards, 1893
Box 96;
Box 98
Chicago Columbian, stereographs, 1893Image(s)
Interior of the Liberal Arts Building, From the top of Elevator, World'sColumbian Exposition [black-and-white photoprint, stereograph], 18941 Item (3.6" x 7".)Image(s): Interior of the Liberal Arts Building, From the top of Elevator,World's Columbian Exposition [black-and-white photoprint, stereograph].B.W. Kilburn Company, PublisherZim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987, CollectorImage includes exhibits and a large American flag hanging from the ceiling.
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must behandled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Looking, Moving, Heavenward, World's Columbian Expoisiton Ferris Wheel[black-and-white photoprint; stereograph], 18941 Item (3.6" x 7".)Image(s): Looking, Moving, Heavenward, World's Columbian ExpoisitonFerris Wheel [black-and-white photoprint; stereograph].B.W. Kilburn Company, PublisherZim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987, CollectorZim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987, DonorStereograph of the first Ferris Wheel, which made its debut at the 1893Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must behandled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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Box 76 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, postcards, 1904
Box 87 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, postcards, 1904Image(s)
Box 64 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, printed ephemera, 1904Image(s)
Box 71 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, printed ephemera, 1904
Box 54 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, sheet music and song books, 1904Image(s)
Box 54 Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis [illustrated sheet music], 19041 Item (Ink on paper.; 13-3/4 x 10-5/8".)Image(s): Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis [illustrated sheet music].Sterling, Andrew B., LyricistMills, F.A., PublisherMills, Kerry, ComposerCover illustrations include head with flowers and a reproduction of aphotograph of Genro and Bailey. 6 pp.
Copyright 1904 by F. A. Mills. [Renewed 1931 by Kerry Mills, and may be inforce.]
Local Numbers
1989.0438.1076A (NMAH Cat. No.)
04051901.tif (AC Scan No.)
Exhibitions Note
In Archives Center display, "Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis (A Year Late):Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003,David Haberstich, curator.
Publication
New York., F.A. Mills., 1904
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
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1 Item (13-13/16 x 10-5/8 in.)Image(s): A Deed of the Pen [sheet music], 1904.Moret, Neil, ComposerWhitney-Warner, PublisherInk on paper.
Local Numbers
AC0519-0000001.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," May2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Sheet music
Box 100 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, stereographs, 1904Image(s)
"Jerusalem," Festival Hall and Fine Arts Building [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): "Jerusalem," Festival Hall and Fine Arts Building [stereograph],1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000025.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Japan in America--pretty maids in garden [stereograph], 1904
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1 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Japan in America--pretty maids in garden [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000026.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Superbly decorated salon in French National Building [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Superbly decorated salon in French National Building[stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000027.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Main aisle of the Agricultural Building [stereograph], 1904
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1 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Main aisle of the Agricultural Building [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000028.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Gate to the World's Fair [stereograph], 19051 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Gate to the World's Fair [stereograph], 1905.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519-0000003.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Festival Hall [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Festival Hall [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
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Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519-0000004.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Laughing waters of the cascades and fountains with Ferris Wheel[stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Laughing waters of the cascades and fountains with Ferris Wheel[stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519-0000005.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Splashing waterfalls and sparkling fountains [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Splashing waterfalls and sparkling fountains [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back
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Local Numbers
AC0519-0000006.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
A water stairway lined with dancing fountains [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): A water stairway lined with dancing fountains [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on verso.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519-0000007.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Colonnade of colossal statues symbolic of Louisiana Purchase states[stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Colonnade of colossal statues symbolic of Louisiana Purchasestates [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on verso.
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Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Palace of Education [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Palace of Education [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on verso.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519-0000009.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
U.S. Government Building--from Education building over sunken gardens[stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): U.S. Government Building--from Education building over sunkengardens [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on verso.
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Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Twelve-in. Disappearing Gun, on Government Hill [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Twelve-in. Disappearing Gun, on Government Hill [stereograph],1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on verso.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519-0000011.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Skeleton and cast of biggest known whale [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Skeleton and cast of biggest known whale [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on verso.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000012.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
An exciting skirmish in the Battle of Colenso, Boer War [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): An exciting skirmish in the Battle of Colenso, Boer War[stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on verso.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000014.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
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Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Explosion of an ammunition wagon during the Battle of Paardeberg, BoerWar [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Explosion of an ammunition wagon during the Battle ofPaardeberg, Boer War [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on verso.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000015.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Biggest Wheel on earth with heaviest axle ever forged [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Biggest Wheel on earth with heaviest axle ever forged[stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherFront depicts image and verso contains text.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000016.tif (AC Scan, Front)
AC0519.0000020.tif (AC Scan, Verso)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "'Meet Me in St. Louis'--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Giant steel cobwebs of the 240 ft. Ferris Wheel [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Giant steel cobwebs of the 240 ft. Ferris Wheel [stereograph],1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000021.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
From Ferris Wheel down over French garden [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): From Ferris Wheel down over French garden [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000023.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
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Genre/Form:
Stereographs
From Ferris Wheel S.E. over Japanese garden [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000024.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Palace of Agriculture [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Palace of Agriculture [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000022.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Canada's Parliament Building reproduced in grain [stereograph], 1904
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1 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Canada's Parliament Building reproduced in grain [stereograph],1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000029.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Plow used by Daniel Webster on New England hills [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Plow used by Daniel Webster on New England hills [stereograph],1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000030.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Quaint, straw-thatched houses of a Moro village [stereographs], 1904
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1 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Quaint, straw-thatched houses of a Moro village [stereographs],1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000031.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Pigmies from the Congo, Africa, and huts [stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Pigmies from the Congo, Africa, and huts [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000032.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Machinery Palace filled with the wonders of modern invention [stereograph],1904
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1 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Machinery Palace filled with the wonders of modern invention[stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000033.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
"Bullock" generator and "Allis-Chalmers" 5,000 h.p. engine [stereograph],19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Underwood & Underwood, PublisherText on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000034.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Electric generatorsExhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Festival Hall--celebrating the world's advances since the Louisiana Purchase[stereograph], 1904
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1 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Festival Hall--celebrating the world's advances since the LouisianaPurchase [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherColorized stereograph with text on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000036.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "'Meet Me in St. Louis'--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Across the Sunken Gardens to the stately obelisks of the Mines Building[stereograph], 19041 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Across the Sunken Gardens to the stately obelisks of the MinesBuilding [stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherColor stereograph with text on back.
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000037.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Giant steel cobwebs of the 340 ft. Ferris Wheel [stereograph], 1904
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1 Item (3-3/8 x 6-7/8 in.)Image(s): Giant steel cobwebs of the 340 ft. Ferris Wheel [stereograph],1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherStereograph not part of a numbered series, no text on back, mislabeled as340 ft. instead of 240 ft. Ferris Wheel
Silver gelatin on paper, mounted.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000038.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Topic: Exhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Biggest wheel on earth [black-and-white photoprint on stereograph card],19041 Item (3.6" x 7".)Image(s): Biggest Wheel on earth with heaviest axle ever forged[stereograph], 1904.Underwood & Underwood, PublisherZim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987, CollectorFerris wheel at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, in1904.
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must behandled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Silver gelatin on paper.
Local Numbers
AC0519.0000016.tif (AC Scan)
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
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Laughing waters of the cascades and fountains with Ferris Wheel at thewest- -World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A. [black-and- white stereograph], 19041 Item (3.6" x 7".)Image(s): Laughing waters of the cascades and fountains with Ferris Wheelat the west- -World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A. [black-and- white stereograph].Underwood & Underwood, PublisherZim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987, CollectorZim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987, DonorGondola at the Louisiana Purchase Fair in St. Louis, Missouri; photographerunidentified.
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must behandled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Silver gelatin on paper.
Local Numbers
AC0519-0000035.tif (AC Scan)
Names: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Box 106 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris,philatelic material, 1937
Box 78 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris,postcards, 1937Image(s)
Exposition Internationale / Paris 1937 [Italian pavilion : reproduction in blue ofblack-and-white photograph on postcard], 19371 Item (4" x 6".)Image(s): Exposition Internationale / Paris 1937 [Italian pavilion :reproduction in blue of black-and-white photograph on postcard].Photographer unidentified.
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must behandled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Ink on paper.
Local Numbers
AC0519-0000039.tif (AC Scan)
In Box 78.
Names: Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France)Italian Exhibit (Paris, France)
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Box 62 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, newsprint and overize, 1962
Box 73 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, oversize postcards, 1962
Box 68 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, philatelic material, 1962
Box 106 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, philatelic material, 1962
Box 114 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, plans and posters (Donald Deskey Associates),1962
Box 82 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, postcards, 1962
Box 95 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, postcards, 1962
Box 75 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, printed ephemera, 1962
Box 107 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, printed ephemera, 1962
Box 54 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, sheet music and song books, 1962
Box 108 Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, stationary and greeting cards, 1962
Box 3 Miscellaneous fairs, 1954 - 1975
Box 4-16 New York, 1964 - 1965Image(s)
Box 48 New York, black and white photographs (2 volumes), 1964 - 1965Image(s)
[Two couples in futuristic family telephone booth at the New York World'sFair, 1939 : black and white photoprint], 19391 Item (8"x10".)Image(s): [Two couples in futuristic family telephone booth at the New YorkWorld's Fair, 1939 : black and white photoprint].Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987, CollectorZim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987, DonorDecals on booth for New York Telephone; photographer unidentified.
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must behandled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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Box 50 Expo '86, photographs, 1986
Box 88 Expo '86, postcards, 1986
Box 106 Vancouver, philatelic material, 1986
Box 39 World Expo 1988, Brisbane, 1988
Box 95 World Expo 1988, Brisbane, postcards, 1988
Panoramic View Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Mailing Cards, 19041 Item (3-5/8 x 5-1/2 in.)Image(s): Panoramic View Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir MailingCards, 1904.Image(s): Panoramic View Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir MailingCards, 1904.Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)Booklet of bound mailing cards. Includes: History of Louisiana Purchase essay.Images include: Napoleon Bridge, Illinois State Building, Chinese Pavilion,Palace of Electricity, Palace of Art, Looking East on Lagoon, United StatesGovernment Building, English Pavilion, Palace of Transportation, Palace ofHorticulture, Tyrolean Alps (2), Palace of Varied Industries, Missouri StateBuilding. Front depicts cover with images of Napoleon, Thomas Jefferson,William McKinley and D.R. Francis. Verso contains text and handwrittencataloging number.
Local Numbers
AC0060.0000010.tif (AC Scan, Front)
AC0060.0000015.tif (AC Scan, Verso)
The scanned image of the souvenir mailing cards comes from Larry Zim World'sFair Collection (AC0519), Box 87, although the item originally exhibited was fronthe Warshaw Collection (AC0060).
Exhibitions Note
Shown in Archives Center display, "Meet Me in St. Louis"--A Year Late:Remembering the Louisiana Purchase at the 1904 World's Fair," 2003.
Topic: Architecture -- Missouri -- Saint LouisExhibitions
Place: Missouri -- 1900-1910Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
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Series 2: Reference and Miscellaneous Materials
Box 40 Reference Material
Box 41 Miscellaneous
Box 50 Unidentified Photographs (1 Folder)
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Series 3: Larry Zim Materials
Box 42-45 Larry Zim Personal Papers
Box 47 47 Larry Zim Exhibit: "World 's Fairs from the Crystal Palace to Expo '67 ," atChase Manhattan Bank Money Museum, New York City, April-October 1967 --Slides (1 Volume)Image(s)