A World on Display The St Louis Worlds Fair of 1904 (1994)

Uses firstperson accounts from Missourians who went to the Fair in 1904 interviews with historians archival motion pictures and photographs to situate the St Louis Fair in the social political and cultural context of American society in 1904 Covers American civilization at the turn of the century the representation of history authenticity modernity dress and body language oral history and childhood memories world fairs as experiences and receiving information through visual symbols words and exhibits