Minister Wong Kai Kah (Huang Kaijia) at site dedication for the Chinese Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1903Minister Wong Kai Kah (Huang Kaijia) at site dedication for the Chinese Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1903
St. Louis, Missouri
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, PR 06 CN 218
The Chinese Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, ca. 1904The Chinese Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, ca. 1904
St. Louis, Missouri
Photograph by C. L. Wasson
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-62751
Serving as the “Commissioner General for the Celestial Empire,” Prince Pu Lun attended the opening ceremony of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. China was represented by a pavilion designed to resemble an imperial palace. The prince was traveling in the United States with a delegation that included Vice Commissioner Wong Kai Kah, who coordinated the pavilion’s construction and was an alumnus of the Chinese Educational Mission.