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2022.2.79Scope and Content
A blank envelope with the return address of ' The Pacific, St. Joseph, Mo'. The back is an advertisement for 'The New Era Exposition'Context
The New Era Exposition. To be held at St. Joseph, MO., Opens September 3rd and Closes October 5th, 1889. Sample Premiums: For the best dozen ears of corn, plaited together in a Bunch with the Shuck, $500; 2d, $250; 3d, $125; 4th, $62.50; 5th, $31.25; 6t $15; 7th, $5. The Exhibitor competing for these large premiums is required to furnish nine additional dozen ears plaited as above for decorating buildings, etc. $1000 for the Best Agricultural Display made by County or Organization within County; $5000.00 for second best; $250 for third best. Large Premiums for Fruit, Live Stock, Bees, Poultry, & c. The main building for machinery and other exhibits has a floor space of 80 x 1,040 feet, or 83,200 square feet. The largest building in the West. The Amphitheatre will seat 10,000 people. The grounds comprise forty-five acres, carpeted with blue grass, and covered with beautiful elm, ash, and oak trees. There will be forty acres of pavillions, pagodas, arbors, pyramids, granaries, colonades, arcades, grottoes, canopies, etc. trimmed and decorated with, and for cereal and other agricultural exhibits. There will be lakes, fountains, waterfalls turning the "old mill," rustic bridges, etc. There will be exhibited railway rolling stock and railway appliances; electric light, power and other electrical devices and all kinds of machinery, implements, tools, etc. Address for rules and particulars. New Era Exposition, - - St. Joseph, MOLexicon
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Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication