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Building the Ancient Rome concession on the Pike

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Continuing construction of the Ancient Rome concession on the Pike at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- 1904 World's Fair. The attraction aimed to recreate the classical city with an amphitheater drama ending with Nero's burning of Rome. A separate attraction in the same building reproduced the Hawaiian Kilauea volcano, with the Spirit of Fire, a Hawaiian god, rising from the volcano in a cloud of incense. No. 3808.
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Glass Plate Negative
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Keywords

  1. Buildings
  2. Design And Construction
  3. Exhibition Buildings
  4. Exhibitions
  5. Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
  6. Missouri
  7. Pike
  8. Saint Louis
  9. Saint Louis (Mo.)

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