Varied Industries Building, St. Louis World's Fair in 1904

Official Souvenir Post Card

Varied Industries Building

Samuel Cupples Envelope Co. 

The back has a stamp from the Ladue (a very wealthy suburb of St. Louis) post office with the date Sep 4, 1904, and a USA 1 cent stamp from 1904 of Livingston - but there is no writing or address on it.

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Hold Card to Light

Official Souvenir Postal card

Varied Industries Building

When you hold this postcard up to the light all the windows and the circles on the sidewalks light up, including the little buildings on the right.

Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.  St. Louis, Mo. Sole World's Fair Stationers. 

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The Palace of Varied Industries from the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 was a hexagonal building and covered about thirteen acres.  Each of the building's entrances had two towers and in the center of the building were large open courts. 

Varied Industries included all exhibits related to furniture, interior decorations, jewelry and toys.  The building held many examples showing the growth in production of artistic wares.  

United States of America stamp issued in 1904

Livingston 1746 - 1831 

Postage One Cent

Featuring the Minister to France, Robert Livingston, from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition set