Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . expositions, the amplitude of this one in St. Louis may be best expressed by comparison. The grounds of theLouisiana Purchase are a mile and -a quarter wide by nearlytwo miles long. An ordinary city of 20,000 population withall its homes and industries might be set down within the sixmiles of fence which surround the Exposition. While theColumbian Exposition at Chicago had 633 acres, including itslakes and lagoons, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition has 1,240acres. The exhibit space of the principal buildings at Chicagowas but little more than hal

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Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . expositions, the amplitude of this one in St. Louis may be best expressed by comparison. The grounds of theLouisiana Purchase are a mile and -a quarter wide by nearlytwo miles long. An ordinary city of 20,000 population withall its homes and industries might be set down within the sixmiles of fence which surround the Exposition. While theColumbian Exposition at Chicago had 633 acres, including itslakes and lagoons, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition has 1,240acres. The exhibit space of the principal buildings at Chicagowas but little more than half the area supplied at Immense Structures.—Exhibit Palaces at the comingWorlds Fair are each the equivalent of six to ten ordinarycity blocks, and there are fifteen of them of enormous size,magnificent in their proportions, lofty and imposing, rich intheir architectural detail and sculpture embellishment. A triparound any one of several of the larger buildings means anexcursion of nearly a In each big building there are (5). (6)

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