St. Louis
cityReal-world: St. Louis, USA
The city where the American Archeological Society held its 1908 annual meeting, at which Professor Angell had a prominent part and was among the first approached by outsiders seeking expert answers.
St. Louis hosted the annual meeting of the American Archeological Society in 1908, seventeen years before the events of 1925 — the convocation at which Professor Angell first encountered the cult image.
Angell, as befitted one of his authority and attainments, had a prominent part in all the deliberations, and was one of the first to be approached by the several outsiders who took advantage of the gathering to offer questions for correct answering and problems for expert solution.
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“This earlier experience had come in 1908, seventeen years before, when the American Archeological Society held its annual meeting in St. Louis. Professor Angell, as befitted one of his authority and attainments, had had a prominent part in all the deliberations; and was one of the first to be approached by the several outsiders who took advantage of the convocation to offer questions for correct answering and problems for expert solution.”
The Call of Cthulhu (1928) — Chapter 2, The Tale of Inspector Legrasse