April 30th, 1904 the 1904 butter, iced tea, the club sandwich,

etc. It is not known for sure if there

World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri
is any instance in which these foods
also known as the Louisiana
could have been created before the
Purchase Exposition opened its doors
fair but they did get most of their
to the public. Around 200,000 people
recognition and popularity from it.
showed up on the opening day. The
The fair also had many different
fair had exhibits from fifty foreign
places available for visitors to go and
countries and forty three states. The
eat and they each represented
fair also showcased the latest
different places around the world.
achievements that occurred in
These places were the Chinese
technology, science, fine arts, civics,
Village, the Streets of Cairo, and the
manufacturing, education, and
Irish Village. They also had the
foreign policy. The fair only lasted
Grand Tyrolean restaurant which
around seven months and closed its
could sit 3,000 people and around
doors on December 1, 1904. It is
them were miniature models of the
estimated that around 20 million
Alps.
people from all over the world came
to visit the 1904 World’s Fair. The
fair was made to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the 1803 Louisiana
Purchase.

The fair had its ups and

downs but one thing we should be
thankful for is that it introduced and
invented many new American foods
that we know today. These foods
include hamburgers, hot dogs, ice
cream cones, cotton candy, peanut
 Many exhibits at the World’s
Fair were made in order to show
primitive culture and recreated entire
villages of many tribal people. Out
of all the exhibits present, the largest
one was the Philippines exhibit. U.S.
Congresspaid around 1.5 million
dollars for the Philippines to
participate in the 1904 World’s Fair.
This exhibit used men, women, and
children and had them live in the
recreated villages. The exhibit was
47 acres, had more than 130
buildings, and housed at least 1,000
phililpinos which were known to be
from different ethnic groups. Some
of the villages that were recreated
were of the Samals, Igorots,
Negritos, Visayans, Bagobos, Moros,
and Tingguianes. Thirty other tribe
villages were also recreated in this
exhibit. The most popular tribe in the
Philippines exhibit was the Igorots.
The Igorots were forced to kill and
eat dogs so visitors could see that
they used to be “savages’. What
these visitors did not know is that the
killing of animals actually went
agaisnt the Igorots culture and has
never been part of their practices.
The exhibit also had its own lake
which used three bridges to connect
it to the exposition grounds. In the
lake they had native boats like
vintas, praos, bancas, cacos, and
some assorted fishing vessels. Three
restaurants, a power plant, and a
hospital were also present in the
Philippines exhibit.
The different tribal groups
were brought to showcase their
different lifestyles and cultures. In
the Negro village, the men and boys
were half anked and would show off
their bow and arrow skills to the
vistors. While in the Moro village,
would dance and be accompanied by
gongs and brass instruments. This
tribe would live in tree houses unlike
the other tribes. The Moros also did
not like being photographed because
it went against their religion so there
was a sign posted at the entrance of
their village which read “Persons
Photographing The Moros Do So At
Your Own Risk”. In the Bagobo
village, you can see the men with
waist long hair and beaded clothes
made in geographic patterns. In the
Visyan village there were 130
natives and many of them were wood
carvers, jusi and pina textile
weavers, embroiderers and hat
makers. The woman in the village
would entertain the visitors.
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