Rare 1.25” St Louis World’s Fair Labor union-related pinback

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Rare 1.25” St Louis World’s Fair Labor union-related pinback:
$13.00

This is a rare labor-related pinback related to the St Louis World’s Fair / Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. At the center of the pin is a sepia photograph of the central Festival Hall and Terrace of States. Overarching the picture is “S T . L O U I S” – and in small, somewhat faint letters using the larger city letters as initial capitals, is the message “Stick Together Labor Orders Unity Is Strength.” Overall in good condition – in addition to some light lettering in the first couple of works in the message, there is a small scuff to the right of the Festival Hall dome where the photo paper is missing. Stamped in the back is the maker’s name: “A. Pollard & Co. / Pat. Apr (?) 1902 / Prov, RI”. Pinback measures 1.25” in diameter.

According to information on the web:

The Festival Hall was the centerpiece of the Main View at the Fair. Its breathtaking architecture was the single-most photographed building. It\'s exterior was designed by Cass Gilbert of New York, the building was 200 feet in diameter and 200 feet high. The Festival Hall\'s grand dome was reportedly larger than St. Peter\'s basilica in Rome. Evelyn Longman\'s “Victory” statue, stood on top of the Festival Hall.

Gilbert was also an architecture juror at the 1893 World\'s Columbian Exposition in Chicago….

…Behind the Festival Hall was the Colonnade of States, which featured a monument to the thirteen states and the `Indian Territory\' that was gained by the United States from the Louisiana Purchase. In front of the Festival Hall were the Cascades located in front of Festival Hall and the Grand Basin. Pumps pushed 45,000 gallons of water a minute through man-made falls into the Grand Basin.

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