Scope and Contents This collection consists of the official records of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, formed to plan and operate the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The collection consists of records related to the initial conception and planning of the exposition from 1898; the official records of the four divisions of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, namely, the Divisions of Works, Exhibits, Exploitation, and Concessions and Admissions; the minutes of the Executive Committee, the Board...

Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of one stockholder’s coupon ticket booklet issued to Martha Thomas for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. This booklet includes a photograph of Mrs. Thomas pasted inside the front cover. There are five pages of unused daily admission coupons but also evidence of several pages having been used. Pasted to the back cover is a “complimentary season frank” good for one free admission with the purchase of a regular admission ticket to three Pike...