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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:museum
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:St._Louis_World's_Fair
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gptkbp:annualVisitors
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over 19 million
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gptkbp:area
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1,200 acres
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gptkbp:awardedBy
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gptkb:Bureau_of_International_Expositions
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gptkbp:commemorates
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100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:endDate
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1904-12-01
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:1905_Liège_International
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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St. Louis Exposition
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gptkbp:legacy
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gptkb:Saint_Louis_Art_Museum
Forest Park structures
influence on American food culture
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_United_States
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:1904_Summer_Olympics
introduction of Dr Pepper
introduction of puffed rice
introduction of the hamburger
introduction of the hot dog bun
introduction of the ice cream cone
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gptkbp:notableExhibit
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gptkb:Festival_Hall
gptkb:Palace_of_Agriculture
gptkb:Palace_of_Electricity
gptkb:Palace_of_Fine_Arts
gptkb:Philippine_Exposition
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Alice_Roosevelt_Longworth
gptkb:Booker_T._Washington
gptkb:Charles_W._Fairbanks
gptkb:David_R._Francis
gptkb:Frank_Lloyd_Wright
gptkb:Geronimo
gptkb:Helen_Keller
gptkb:John_Philip_Sousa
gptkb:Scott_Joplin
gptkb:Thomas_Edison
gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkb:George_Washington_Carver
gptkb:Paul_Laurence_Dunbar
gptkb:Frederick_Law_Olmsted_Jr.
gptkb:President_Theodore_Roosevelt_(in_absentia)
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition
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gptkbp:organizer
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gptkb:David_R._Francis
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:1900_Paris_Exposition
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gptkbp:purpose
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celebrate the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase
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gptkbp:startDate
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1904-04-30
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gptkbp:theme
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Progress and Civilization
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gptkbp:troopContributingCountries
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62
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:St._Louis_Fairgrounds
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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