Unknown Louisiana Purchase Exposition United States National Museum

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Historic Images of the SmithsonianOriginal negative number is 16451, but that negative has been lost. See also Negative #'s 16445, 16447, 16450 for similar photographs of this exhibition (same SIA location). For more information see: All the World's A Fair by Robert Rydell.At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1904, Smithsonian Institution's United States National Museum exhibit includes the Langley Aerodrome, a model of a whale suspended from the ceiling, natural history exhibits, archaeological objects, and industrial machines. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition.Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 62B Folder 19Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

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