Editing History of Missouri (section)

====St. Louis World's Fair of 1904====
{{Main|Louisiana Purchase Exposition}}
Governor [[David Rowland Francis]] was a key main promoter of the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, serving as President of what was formally titled [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]]. Historians generally emphasize the prominence of themes of race and empire, and the Fair's long-lasting impact on intellectuals in the fields of history, art history, architecture and anthropology. From the point of view of the memory of the average person who attended the fair, it primarily promoted entertainment, consumer goods and popular culture.<ref>James Gilbert, ''Whose Fair?  Experience, and Memory, and the History of the Great St. Louis Exposition'' (2009)</ref><ref>David Rowland Francis, ''The universal exposition of 1904.'' (Louisiana purchase exposition Company, 1913). [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_fr&id=rpUhAQAAMAAJ online].</ref>