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fandomhigh2016-01-22 02:47 pm
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20th Century American History, Friday, January 22, 2016
Steve was practically vibrating with excitement at the front of the class, where there was a small selection of dresses and suits for the students to look at. Their teacher was already in a suit and holding a hat by the brim.
"So I figured out how to do the field trip thing," he said, eyes twinkling, "but we don't want to scare the people in 1904, so everyone needs to dress like they do." He blushed slightly. "Hopefully you girls know what to do with a corset because I am gonna be no help there at all."
After giving the class time to pick out their outfits and change into them, Steve led them down to Portalocity. "We're going to St. Louis," he said. "It's the World's Fair, hosted to celebrate the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. There are exhibits from 62 countries and 43 of the 45 US States. It was visited by almost 20 million people, including Helen Keller and John Phillips Sousa, in the seven months it was open. It's going to be impossible to see everything-- the Palace of Agriculture alone covered some 20 acres--so pick the areas you're most interested in and have fun. This fair popularized ice cream cones, hamburgers, hot dogs, cotton candy, iced tea and Dr. Pepper. You can out-hipster the hipsters and try all of those things before they hit the mainstream."
Steve had been living with Tony Stark for a few weeks. Of course he'd learned about hipsters.
"As a warning, they have real human beings on display," he said, frowning, "which is awful." He held out a map. "So avoid these areas if you don't want to see members of the Apache tribe, or Alaskan natives being used as props."
"So I figured out how to do the field trip thing," he said, eyes twinkling, "but we don't want to scare the people in 1904, so everyone needs to dress like they do." He blushed slightly. "Hopefully you girls know what to do with a corset because I am gonna be no help there at all."
After giving the class time to pick out their outfits and change into them, Steve led them down to Portalocity. "We're going to St. Louis," he said. "It's the World's Fair, hosted to celebrate the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. There are exhibits from 62 countries and 43 of the 45 US States. It was visited by almost 20 million people, including Helen Keller and John Phillips Sousa, in the seven months it was open. It's going to be impossible to see everything-- the Palace of Agriculture alone covered some 20 acres--so pick the areas you're most interested in and have fun. This fair popularized ice cream cones, hamburgers, hot dogs, cotton candy, iced tea and Dr. Pepper. You can out-hipster the hipsters and try all of those things before they hit the mainstream."
Steve had been living with Tony Stark for a few weeks. Of course he'd learned about hipsters.
"As a warning, they have real human beings on display," he said, frowning, "which is awful." He held out a map. "So avoid these areas if you don't want to see members of the Apache tribe, or Alaskan natives being used as props."
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