Ann Brink on sat 2 sep 00
Hi Janet,
There was a World's Fair in 1904 in St. Louis called the "Louisiana Purchase
Exposition". I have the book of photographs issued at that time. Poor old
book is coming apart at the spine, but all the pictures are fine. I got it
at a thrift shop for close to nothing. Maybe that is the fair the song
refers to.?
The only reference to clay I found in the book was: in the Egyptian exhibit
they mention " vases made of glass fused over clay, before glass-blowing was
known". Kind of interesting to speculate about the type of clay that would
support a glass melt, yet not shed flakes of clay. Then they'd have to get
the clay out of the vase later. Maybe it was mostly sand with just enough
clay to hold it together.
Ann Brink in CA
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Kaiser
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: meet me in St Louis
> "Meet me in St. Louis, Louis. Meet me at the
> fair"...
> Dum-di-dum-di-dum
>
> Just wondering if this fair is as old as the
> song? Or is that a different fair? Please tell
> us non Americans some historical background!
>
> And have fun Y'all (which I am told is the
> Official spelling :-)
>
> Janet Kaiser - Oh dear... Got a feeling that is
> now the recent "ear worm"... Is it better than
> "We all live in a Yellow Submarine" provided by
> some kiddies visiting The CoA today? They told
> me they were singing an historical tune!!!
> "Granny taught us, so it really is an old
> historical song".
>
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