此内容暂无简体中文译文，以下为英文原文。
On February 28, 1975, the 28th Ward Regular Democratic Club treated area to a slide presentation on the St. Louis World Fair of 1904. Mrs. C. J. Birk, a retired St. Louis teacher who has done extensive research on the World Fair, gave an impressive lecture as steroptican slides made by her grandfather were shown.
Many in the audience were amazed by the gigantic size and scope of the Fair, which occupied not only the whole of Forest Park, but also the entire area between Millbrook and Clayton Avenue as far west .as Big Bend. Within this area were exhibit buildings for each of the 45 nations represented, a huge amusement area, and a working “university” wherein the accomplishments of the past and present and projections for the future were displayed. Scientists and artists from all over the world came to be part of this institute.
One of the points that Mrs. Birk makes quite strongly is that everything at the fair was done full scale. Under the Mines and Metallurgy Building a mine was excavated and fortuitously coal was discovered and extracted. The Agriculture Building contained a complete farm. The Anthropology Section included villages comprised of whole tribes of people from remote regions of the Philippines and Africa. The life style of each group whether tree-dwelling or earth-bound was faithfully reproduced in each village. The average St. Louisan is not frequently reminded of the quality of the 1904 Fair, which was outstanding in its own time and would be astounding if it could be duplicated in our own. (The expense would probably be prohibitive.) It was a visionary undertaking which should be a model for St. Louisans of what can be accomplished by determination and enthusiasm.
Originally published in The Paper, April 1975.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Original source: SD_Times1975_04.pdf, printed page(s) 1; PDF page(s) 1.
