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Souvenir Hand Fan from the 1904 World's Fair

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This object is a heart shaped silk fan with a black wooden handle. The front face of the fan has a silk screened depiction of the Palace of Varied Industries in red, green, yellow and blue ink. The outer edge has a blue silk tape trim. There is a purple tassle threaded through a drilled hole at the end of the handle. The silk component of the fan slides into a slot at the top of the handle to hold it in place.Stamped in black ink on the front bottom: PALACE OF VARIED INDUSTRIES. / The World's Fair / St. Louis, 1904.

Record Contributed By

History Colorado

Record Harvested From

Plains to Peaks Collective

Keywords

  1. Building
  2. Clyde Leslie Stanley
  3. Fan
  4. Garden
  5. Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
  6. Park Benches
  7. People
  8. Souvenir
  9. St. Louis World's Fair
  10. Water Fountain

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