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Louisiana Purchase Exposition souvenir pamphlet.
- Title
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition souvenir pamphlet.
- Publication
- 1904.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Pamphlet | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Description
- 15 photomechanical prints : black and white; 21 x 26 cm
- Summary
- The souvenir pamphlet for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, was published to showcase the African American community in St. Louis, Missouri. The pamphlet consists of portraits of prominent African American men, consisting of physicians; dentists; public school principals; the officers of the St. Louis Clerk's Literary Association, an organization of city clerks and carriers; and various "distinguished citizens" including attorneys, journalists and businessmen. Also depicted are exterior views of residences, public halls and institutions, business establishments, churches, and public schools, as well as exterior and interior views of the photography studio of Sexton and Maxwell.
- Subjects
- Photomechanical prints > 1900-1909
- Sexton & Maxwell
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition > (1904 : > Saint Louis, Mo.)
- African Americans > Social life > Missouri > Saint Louis > 1900-1909
- African American men > Missouri > Saint Louis
- African American lawyers > Missouri > Saint Louis
- African American physicians > Missouri > Saint Louis
- African American dentists > Missouri > Saint Louis
- African American school principals > Missouri > Saint Louis
- African American journalists > Missouri > Saint Louis
- African American businesspeople > Missouri > Saint Louis
- Clerks > Missouri > Saint Louis
- Dwellings > Missouri > St. Louis > 1900-1909
- Business enterprises > Missouri > St. Louis > 1900-1909
- African Americans > Societies, etc > Missouri > Saint Louis > 1900-1909
- Saint Louis (Mo.)
- Portrait prints > 1900-1909
- Group portraits > 1900-1909
- Genre/Form
- Portrait prints – 1900-1909.
- Group portraits – 1900-1909.
- Photomechanical prints – 1900-1909.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Items are photomechanical reproductions of photographic illustrations, accompanied by printed captions, on leaves detached from a pamphlet. Leaves are single-sided with the exception of the first leaf which bears a preface and a dedication. The title page of pamphlet is missing. Most of the pages are made up of composite photographs.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Pamphlet
- OCLC
- 1329442404
- Title
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition souvenir pamphlet.
- Production
- 1904.
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
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- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Pamphlet