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| First time check-in. Outside of the window is the old courthouse |
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| 8th and Pine subway station. The subway was actually a semi-closed system that partly a streetcar system. |
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| In front of Missouri Historical Museum. |
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| Exhibit of Native Americans. Note that the the yellow color of the display plate is actually made of corns. |
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| Tina's favorite: quilting. |
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| St Louis, as the gateway to the great wild West then, was one important stop for the railway. |
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| There happens to have an ancient French dance demo: the dancers are preparing before starting. |
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| Dancers preparing to official start. See how luxurious their costumes are! |
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| The first dance. |
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| Dancers looking as the first dance goes on. |
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| Group dance. |
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| Complicated changes of patterns of the group adds a great variety of the dance. |
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| Change pattern by circling in small pairs. |
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| Change directions again. |
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| It is hard to catch up with the constant changes of patterns. |
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| All people in a circle. |
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| Tina is fascinated by the performance while other audiences concentrate in the progress. |
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| Change the makeup of the pairs in direction of circling and movements. |
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| The spaciousness of the museum hall adds a sense of mid-century grandor to the performance. |
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| Almost coming to the end of the performance--all gentlemen line up while all ladies forming another line. |
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| Last piece--guests are invited to have fun. |
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| The speed of moving is so fast! |
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| The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the Saint Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. |
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| Artifacts of the fair. |
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| Formosa was a part of Japanese Empire then. |
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| Japanese Hall was in this building. |
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| Fair ground was magnificent...it was not an easy task based on the technology skill in early 1900. |
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| Items sold at the gift shop were so "antique"---but novel then. |
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| The ground map of the fair. |
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| Take a rest at the museum restaurant--notice the old-day ads on the wall. |
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| Powerful soap: Don't know how Tina feels about this ads. |
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| With St Louis maps ahead, we had many places worth of visit. |
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| A "Spirit of St Louis" plane is hung in the atrium of the museum. |
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| Ancient shoes. |
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| Historical documents of St Louis. |
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| Old time kitchen in the color of pink. |
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| Looks very retro even from today's perspective. |
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| St Louis is the home of Charles Lindbergh, an pioneer of aviator. |
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| Though in the cold winter, the yellow hue of the light added some warmth to the architecture of the museum. |
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| Entrance of the museum. |
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| Subway tunnels are laid with bricks that look with some history. |
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| After returning the hotel, the Gateway Arch looks the same magnificent from the balcony. |
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| A peek of the old courthouse from the gap of buildings. |
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| An American flies proudly over the tower of the old courthouse. |
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| Sunrise of the Gateway---purposefully got up early to get this shot. Bravo! |
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| The gradient of hue from navy to brown is breathtaking. |
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| The other side of the River Mississippi lies the State of Illinois. |
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| The arch's leg against the dusk's sky. |
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| Numerous of car commuting from Illinois to Missouri for a day's work. |
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| Sunrise from the east, from the horizon of Illinois. Ah, that is a place I have spent so long in the life! |
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| An imposing look down to the street. |
