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Start of the 100 Yard Swimming Dash, Championship Heat, Zoltan Holoway of Hungary (extreme left), winner at the 1904 Olympics

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Horizontal photograph of swimmers lined up on a dock to start the swim race. There are judges behind the swimmers as well as a crowd of spectators on the shore.Title: Start of the 100 Yard Swimming Dash, Championship Heat, Zoltan Holoway of Hungary (extreme left), winner at the 1904 Olympics.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, commonly known as the Saint Louis World's Fair of 1904, was the last great international exposition before World War I. The fair, built on a 1,200 acre site, included hundreds of thousands of objects, people, animals, displays, and publications from 62 exhibiting countries and 43 of the 45 states. The setting of world records, such as the largest organ, and working displays of every important technological advance were significant design goals. The Fair was a combination of trade show, civic showpiece, and monument to culture, along with more than a tinge of American pride. The Fair showcased the grandiose ambition of the gilded age, forming a kind of collective tribute to the nineteenth century's international understanding of the furtherance of peace, prosperity, and progress. It's a grand snapshot in time of American and foreign societies as they wished to portray themselves.

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, from April 30 to December 1, 1904.
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