Souvenir Plate Pagoda Tower Grove Park St Louis Forest Park Worlds Fair Expo

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Souvenir Plate Pagoda Tower Grove Park St Louis Forest Park Worlds Fair Expo
Souvenir Plate Pagoda Tower Grove Park St Louis Forest Park Worlds Fair Expo
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Here is an interesting and rare souvenir plate that was probably purchased during the St Louis Exposition in 1904. Numbered 784 on the reverse, Made in Austria and has a hallmark with the initial J.S. inside a shield-like shape. The material is clay and it's in EXCELLENT condition. Has a few birthmarks on the reverse side. About 6.25" across. The mystery is that I researched the Tower Grove Park which leaves me to believe that this Pagoda was actually in Forest Park. The plate says "Pagoda
Tower Grove Park St Louis MO"  I found that Tower Grove Park was founded on October 20, 1868, as a gift from Henry Shaw, a wealthy merchant to the city of St. Louis. 268 acres with 11 Victorian-era pavilions, all maintained in original coloration and detail.  However I looked at all those pavilions and none resembles this pagoda. I did however find a postcard circa 1910 with this pagoda saying that it is in Forest Park and called it a bandstand. The seller said that it burned shortly thereafter and was demolished. It said that the current pagoda is known as the Nathan Frank Bandstand, after funds for its construction were donated in 1925 by Nathan Frank, a former U.S. House representative
. Similar but not a reproduction of the original pagoda bandstand. That led to a site on the history of Forest Park that states that
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The original Forest Park bandstand, or music pagoda, was a wooden structure that stood on an island in Pagoda Lake. It was built about the time the park was dedicated in 1876. Mary J. Rankin donated statues representing the four seasons in 1886. The bandstand was renovated and was landscaped for the 1904 World’s Fair. It was the site of concerts before and after the fair. However, the bandstand fell into disrepair and was declared unsafe in 1911.
Before it could be renovated, it blew down in a storm and was damaged beyond repair."
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