June 20, 2003

Louisiana Purchase O'Leary Wampler

Louisiana Purchase O'Leary Wampler, whose birth in a tent during preparations for the 1904 World's Fair gave her the unwieldy name, died Wednesday of pneumonia-related complications. She was 100.

The World's Fair Baby, as she was known, was the only child of a fairgrounds construction worker, and her name came from the official title: the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Posted on June 20, 2003 11:20 PM

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