For the trivia buff...
- Anyone caught smoking on anti-cigarette day,
October 7, was threatened with arrest.
- The St. Louis World’s Fair is still the only
Exhibition of its kind to result in a net profit.
- Each of the thirty-six cars on the observation
wheel carried a guide.
- Over 1,679,000 trees, shrubs and vines were
on the grounds of the Fair.
- The stadium on Washington University, named
for the President of the Fair, was the first concrete structure
in the country built for this use.
- The Fair had its own ice plant, producing 300
tons of ice per day.
- It was said that John Philip Sousa, upon hearing
another band or group performing, would hastily gather up members
of his group and instigate a concert by "the Band."
- One of the most attractive exhibits, in terms
of number of people visiting, was the original log cabin where
Abraham Lincoln was born. The cabin was located in the Lincoln
Museum.
- Souvenir medals were minted daily by the United States Mint in the U.S. Government Building on a coining press brought from Philadelphia. The medals, most of which were bronze, were very popular with the visitors. About 100,000 were sold.