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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Spencer M. Thomas |
| Date | 17-Jul-79 |
| Document Type | Sound Recording |
| Description | Attendee recalls working at the fair aged 16, the summer before beginning law school at Washington University. He worked first at the Jerusalem exhibit, then as a ticket seller. He recalls how many of the fair buildings and grounds were incorporated into the university's campus after it closed, and the day the Ferris Wheel was demolished by dynamite. |
| Fair | 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis |
| Keywords | art, employment, personnel, animals, education, admission, race, Native Americans, entertainment, fair legacy, Olympic Games, restaurants, food, native villages, national pavilions, industrial pavilions, state pavilions, architecture, electricity, automobiles, music |
| Countries | United States |
| Places | St. Louis |
| Attractions | Tyrolean Alps; Ferris Wheel; The Boer War and National South African Exhibit; The Pike; Beautiful Jim Key; Incubator Babies |
| Interviewer | Beverly Bishop |
| Recording Date | 17-Jul-79 |
| Duration | 01:04:40 |
| Archive | Missouri Historical Society |
| Copyright | Missouri Historical Society |