TY - JOUR AU - Disalvo, Lauren PY - 2012/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Plaster Cast Collections from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Context: Examining Culturally Determined Significance through Environment and Time JF - Material Culture Review JA - MCR VL - 74 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/20454 SP - AB - <em>Through an exploration of the lives of two sets of classical plaster casts that began at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, I will track how space, context, and time established the function, specific cultural meanings, and authenticity of these casts. Regardless of the fact that these collections began in a similar environment, they were adapted for different cultural uses and agendas and accrued multiple levels of cultural significance in their movements through different environments and through time.</em> ER -