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This stereograph depicts the prize winning automobile float at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
The boat parade passes the Electricity Building during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
This stereograph depicts a boat parade passing the Electricity Building during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
The Transportation Day parade passes the Fine Arts Building during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
The boat parade passes the Electricity Building during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
The Ohio Cavalry marches in the Philippine Day parade during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
The Oriental caravan at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
This stereograph shows a water parade on Transportation Day on the Grand Basin of the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
The Fraternal Order of Eagles marches up Administration Way during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
Theodore Roosevelt decided that his letter to Judge Olson might not receive the desired circulation so he will make the letter’s points in an upcoming speech in Saint Louis, Missouri. He describes Olson as exemplifying Americanism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-25
President Roosevelt briefly addresses a crowd at St. Louis University. He thanks them for their “kind allusions to me” and the greeting he has received.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-29
President Roosevelt speaks to a crowd in Saint Louis. He discusses the characteristics of great empires, notably their roads and road building in the nation. Roosevelt also discusses recent endeavors in road improvements and the railroads.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-29
President Roosevelt responds to the entertainment provided by the Franz Sigel Monument Association in Saint Louis. He speaks of General Sigel and his services during the Civil War. Roosevelt also speaks of the lessons that Sigel taught, including brotherhood, nationality, and character.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-29
President Roosevelt responds to a toast in his honor at the banquet in the Administration Building in Saint Louis, Missouri. He congratulates Governor Francis and his colleagues on their “great undertaking.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-30
President Roosevelt rejoices that Mayor Wells has given him the keys to the city of St. Louis. A teddy bear holds the keys while a policeman prevents Thomas Henry Carter, Henry Clark Corbin, and former President Grover Cleveland from exiting a building.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-04-30
Souvenir print with oval portrait of President Roosevelt from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
In his speech to the Saint Louis, Missouri City Club, Theodore Roosevelt shares his opinion on public service, describes his own service and he makes the case for social progressivism. Among his examples of public servants, Roosevelt mentions past Presidents Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, and Franklin Pierce.
1912-03-28
A list of lawyers and jurists selected by President Roosevelt to be delegates to the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists in St. Louis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09
An investigation into the St. Louis post office under the administration of former Postmaster F. W. Baumhoff ended in a scathing report. Representative Richard Bartholdt recommends further investigation and employees expect a “big shakeup.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-03
Newspaper article claiming that the Roosevelt administration will find F. W. Baumhoff, the often investigated postmaster of St. Louis, a new position as Baumhoff “knows too much.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-03