Issue 13 : March 1, 2002
Expo 67
Expo 67 Soviet Pavillion
Expo 67 Passport
Internet Links about Expo 67
High Risk Photography
Art Deco Roxy Theatre
1960 Campaign Buttons
Expo 67
This page displays some photographs I took at the ripe old age of 13 at the World Exposition held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the year 1967. I went there with my family: my parents and my sister during the summer. It was a terrific vacation.
The Camera was a Kodak Instamatic which took a cartridge film in 126 size. At least that is the way I remember it. It might well have been a 127 film size Kodak of mine. But I will trust my memory.
1967 was Canada's Centennial year. In 1867, Confederation of the provinces of British North America took place.
In 1967, the world was just 5 years past the high point of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. The war in Viet Nam was at its peak, following the major troop build-up in 1965.
The photo to the right is of the Expo Pavillion of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The hammer and sickle were the symbols of the Soviet Union.
Five years in the future was the 1972 Hockey Summit between Canada and the Soviet Union.
- William J. Gibson -
© William Joseph Gibson 2002
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Original
photos taken with
Kodak Instamatic 134
(126 film cartridge) in 1967.
Scanned
with an Epson Perfection 2450
(400 dpi setting used)
Images
manipulated using
Adobe Photo Elements,
brightness reduced by 10%,
contrast increased by 6%,
reduced to 350 pixels width
and saved for the web.
USSR Pavillion
UK Pavillion
more photos of the UK pavillion
General View of the Expo Site
The rail is the monorail which ran through the site.
It actually rode right through the US pavillion, a geodesic dome (Buckminster Fuller's brilliant design).
I
don't have a shot of the monorail cars.
Give me a break, I was 13.
Film was expensive,
my allowance was small.
Art at Expo 67
I don't recall exactly what building this was part of, but from the names of the artists it is not one country, but certainly European Art.
The reflection is from a glass wall walkway inside the building which gave a expansive view of the St. Lawrence River.