1904-07-30

July 30, 1904

Previous Day	1904-07-29
Next Day	1904-07-31
Attendance
Paid Attendance	85,238
Free Attendance	37,041
Total Attendance	122,279
Weather
High Temperature	90ºF
Low Temperature	71ºF

Below is a list of events that happened on July 30, 1904.

Events

• Allegheny (Pa.) Rifles.
• Railroad & Transportation Day.

Water Parade

From DRF's book, The Universal Exposition of 1904, Volume 1, "The events in celebration of the day began with a water parade about 11 a m. The President of the Exposition in a special launch decorated with flowers and white doves led the way. Upwards of 50 launches and gondolas were in the parade. There were strange craft representing almost every country of the globe gayly decked with flowers and palms. The line moved east to the main lagoon south to Festival Hall and from the Cascades around the Palace of Education crossing the main lagoon diagonally and proceeding to the Palace of Transportation. The line was so long that when the President's launch had made the circle of the Palace of Education and crossed the main lagoon it passed the end of the parade. Following the circuit of the lagoons by the line of boats, the participants in the parade assembled in the Grand Basin where, with music from the bands of a dozen different nationalities, the great pageant was reviewed and dispersed. The procession lasted an hour and its novelty kept the immense audience around the lagoons alive with applause. Among the craft used in the parade were electric launches, gondolas of Venice, Esquimaux kayaks, Alaska Indian boats, miniature warships, and Philippine canoes. The Philippine reservation had two outriggers filled with Moros while diminutive specimens of the Filipinos filling three little shells brought forth a great deal of applause. Visayans and Igorrotes from the Philippines, Indians in full war paint, and Hindoos, Russians, French, Esquimaux, negroes, and many other people from the Pike wearing the costumes of their native countries added to the picturesqueness of the scene. Among the novel boats was The City of St Louis showing the industries of the city, America, upon which the Statue of Liberty was displayed, and the peacock boat carrying figures costumed in attractive style. The railroad float contained a floral engine and cab."