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* American Pop Corn | * [[American Pop Corn]] | ||
* Ancient Rome | * [[Ancient Rome]] | ||
* Barrios Diamond Palace | * [[Barrios Diamond Palace]] | ||
* Battle Abbey | * [[Battle Abbey]] | ||
* Bohemia Cafe | * [[Bohemia Cafe]] | ||
* Camera Obscura | * [[Camera Obscura]] | ||
* Streets of Cario | * [[Streets of Cario]] | ||
* Creation | * [[Creation]] | ||
* Cummins Wild West | * [[Cummins Wild West]] | ||
* Chinese Village | * [[Chinese Village]] | ||
* Constantinople | * [[Constantinople]] | ||
* Cliff Dwellers | * [[Cliff Dwellers]] | ||
* Circle Swing | * [[Circle Swing]] | ||
* Cycle Circle | * [[Cycle Circle]] | ||
* Deep Sea Diving | * [[Deep Sea Diving]] | ||
* Esquimaux Village | * [[Esquimaux Village]] | ||
* Fairy Floss | * [[Fairy Floss]] | ||
* Fair Japan | * [[Fair Japan]] | ||
* Glass Weavers | * [[Glass Weavers]] | ||
* Golden Chariots | * [[Golden Chariots]] | ||
* Galveston Flood | * [[Galveston Flood]] | ||
* German Tyrolean Alps | * [[German Tyrolean Alps]] | ||
* Hereafter | * [[Hereafter]] | ||
* Hagenbeck's Trained Animals | * [[Hagenbeck's Trained Animals]] | ||
* Hunitng in the Ozarks | * [[Hunitng in the Ozarks]] | ||
* Hales Fire Fighting Exhibit | * [[Hales Fire Fighting Exhibit]] | ||
* Helter Skelter | * [[Helter Skelter]] | ||
* Infant Incubators | * [[Infant Incubators]] | ||
* International Doll Exhibit | * [[International Doll Exhibit]] | ||
* Irish International Exhibit | * [[Irish International Exhibit]] | ||
* Jim Key | * [[Jim Key]] | ||
* Mysterious Asia | * [[Mysterious Asia]] | ||
* Moorish Palace | * [[Moorish Palace]] | ||
* Magic Whirlpool | * [[Magic Whirlpool]] | ||
* Malto Grape Company (Pavillion) | * [[Malto Grape Company (Pavillion)]] | ||
* Nana | * [[Nana]] | ||
* Boynton's Naval Exhibit | * [[Boynton's Naval Exhibit]] | ||
* Ostrich Farm | * [[Ostrich Farm]] | ||
* Old Plantation | * [[Old Plantation]] | ||
* On the Bowery | * [[On the Bowery]] | ||
* Old St Louis | * [[Old St Louis]] | ||
* Palace of Dreams | * [[Palace of Dreams]] | ||
* Paris Amusement Company | * [[Paris Amusement Company]] | ||
* Palais du Costume | * [[Palais du Costume]] | ||
* Russian Village | * [[Russian Village]] | ||
* Siberian Railway | * [[Siberian Railway]] | ||
* Siberian Restaurant | * [[Siberian Restaurant]] | ||
* Statisticum | * [[Statisticum]] | ||
* Seville | * [[Seville]] | ||
* Temple of Mirth | * [[Temple of Mirth]] | ||
* Temple of Palmistry | * [[Temple of Palmistry]] | ||
* Thompson Scenic Railway | * [[Thompson Scenic Railway]] | ||
* Under and Over the Sea | * [[Under and Over the Sea]] | ||
* Welch Grape Juice Company | * [[Welch Grape Juice Company]] | ||
* Water Chutes | * [[Water Chutes]] | ||
Revision as of 05:19, 8 November 2022
The Pike was a wide mile-long span of the Fair that showcased
all sorts of amusements and activities.
Though the major theme of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was
one of education, the Pike's exhibits were a mixed bag of
attractions- from the elaborate to the simple, that focused on not
only informing the average fairgoer, but thrilling, scaring,
and humoring them with elaborate and sometimes
eyebrow-raising amusements.
These rides, attractions and concessions were more varied, elaborate and costly (seven to eight million dollars), than any previous Exposition. Some called it a headquarters for fun and entertainment, while others labeled it an over-elaborate carnival and a den of iniquity.
The Pike wasn't actually a broad street that ran a mile long, it did turn south at the two ends, which created wider entrances to handle the enormous evening mobs. It was designed with 10 different styles of paving and a variety of street fixtures.
The expression- `Coming down the Pike,' originated from this area
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Pike-goers could visit Constantinople, Cairo or even the North Pole; while in the same day take in a Paris fashion show, visit Blarney Castle or the Tyrolean Alps. One could experience the world's `Creation,' or `Hereafter,' or ride a burro or camel. Visitors could see elephants sliding down chutes, witness an epic naval battle or see forever atop the largest Observation Wheel ever built. A reenactment of the Galveston Flood could be viewed, or a visit to Jerusalem.
Concessionaires and barkers, armed with megaphones lined the Pike, competing
with blaring brass bands for the fairgoer's attention. In the evening, with the palaces closing at dusk, the Pike was alwayscrowded and attractions such as belly-dancing was quite popular.
Frederick Remington's statue "Cowboys Off the Trail" (also entitled- "Cowboys Shooting Up A Western Town,"), greeted fairgoers as they walked into the Exposition's eastern entrance. There they could witness over fifty attractions.
Plans were made to make The Pike permanent after the Exposition- as well as adding a beach and a stadium, but Washington University cancelled them.
Buildings at the pike:
- American Pop Corn
- Ancient Rome
- Barrios Diamond Palace
- Battle Abbey
- Bohemia Cafe
- Camera Obscura
- Streets of Cario
- Creation
- Cummins Wild West
- Chinese Village
- Constantinople
- Cliff Dwellers
- Circle Swing
- Cycle Circle
- Deep Sea Diving
- Esquimaux Village
- Fairy Floss
- Fair Japan
- Glass Weavers
- Golden Chariots
- Galveston Flood
- German Tyrolean Alps
- Hereafter
- Hagenbeck's Trained Animals
- Hunitng in the Ozarks
- Hales Fire Fighting Exhibit
- Helter Skelter
- Infant Incubators
- International Doll Exhibit
- Irish International Exhibit
- Jim Key
- Mysterious Asia
- Moorish Palace
- Magic Whirlpool
- Malto Grape Company (Pavillion)
- Nana
- Boynton's Naval Exhibit
- Ostrich Farm
- Old Plantation
- On the Bowery
- Old St Louis
- Palace of Dreams
- Paris Amusement Company
- Palais du Costume
- Russian Village
- Siberian Railway
- Siberian Restaurant
- Statisticum
- Seville
- Temple of Mirth
- Temple of Palmistry
- Thompson Scenic Railway
- Under and Over the Sea
- Welch Grape Juice Company
- Water Chutes
