<figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/074b3c7/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1080x1080+0+0/resize/528x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc7%2Fb1%2F79f08a624ccca8b38e9a75e9404d%2Fh4mo-ep-6-insta.jpg" alt="Ice tea, cotton candy, ice cream and hamburgers were all popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis."><figcaption> Ice tea, cotton candy, ice cream and hamburgers were all popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.(Crysta Henthorne / KCUR 89.3)</figcaption></figure>Read more about <a href="https://www.kcur.org/history/2021-09-14/st-louis-worlds-fair-1904-ice-cream-hamburger-dr-pepper" target="_blank">how the World's Fair of 1904 offered the best and worst of America</a> from KCUR's Suzanne Hogan.

Ice tea, cotton candy, ice cream and hamburgers were all popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.(Crysta Henthorne / KCUR 89.3)Read more about how the World's Fair of 1904 offered the best and worst of America from KCUR's Suzanne Hogan.

Ice tea, cotton candy, ice cream and hamburgers were all popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.(Crysta Henthorne / KCUR 89.3)Read more about <a href="https://www.kcur.org/history/2021-09-14/st-louis-worlds-fair-1904-ice-cream-hamburger-dr-pepper" rel="noopener noreferrer">how the World's Fair of 1904 offered the best and worst of America</a> from KCUR's Suzanne Hogan.

Myth-busting the St. Louis World's Fair

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