Hidden for decades: 7-foot World’s Fair banner uncovered in Missouri archives

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – A piece of St. Louis history has resurfaced after sitting unnoticed in storage for more than three decades.

During a recent collections review, staff at the Missouri Historical Society’s Library and Research Center discovered a 7-foot banner from the 1904 World’s Fair tucked away inside a forgotten storage tube.

Between 1989 and 1990, staff packed up collections to relocate to the Library and Research Center, rolling many oversized items into tubes labeled with general descriptions…

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