![Model Ships, Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904) [detail]](https://corvusfugit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/model-ships-louisiana-purchase-exposition-1904-detail.jpg)
A model of the USS Columbia at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904; cropped from a larger photo:
The ship to the right may be the Minneapolis. The Columbia was the fourth ship with that name in the US Navy; it was launched in 1892 and served during the Spanish–American War:
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