He saw crowds of gentlemen with moustaches, and ladies in fancy hats - but no seven-year-old girl!
He gripped the hand of his youngest daughter, Pidge, as he pushed his way through the crowd.
Finally, he spotted Amelia – she was staring at a huge model elephant in the Pavilion of Horticulture. She pointed at it and laughed.
“Look, Daddy! It’s made entirely of almonds!”
That was the problem with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 – it was huge, and there were lots of distractions!
There were giant steam engines and little
