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Rare Books and Special Collections Expo 67 Collection
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Expo 67 Collection

  • CA RBD MSG 1234
  • Collection
  • 1963-1981, 1997

The collection consists of ephemera, artifacts, and publications related chiefly to the Expo 67 World Fair in Montreal and some documents relating to its continuation, Man and His World (Terre des Hommes), an exhibition that was the successor to Expo 67. Many of the records and artifacts were produced by participant countries and sponsors or by the Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition. Ephemera includes postcards, visitor passports, and ticket stubs, while other textual documents include guidebooks, magazines, catalogues, books, clippings, information manuals, and some unpublished planning documents. Artifacts include license plates, vinyl records, letter opener, bottle caps, shopping bags, and pins. The collection features pamphlets and brochures for numerous pavilions, events, services, and countries featured, as well as many maps for the Expo 67 grounds and documents related to subsequent seasons of Man and His World.

Memorabilia and objects

Series consists of memorabilia and ephemera from Expo 67, including bottle caps, records, photograph albums, memorabilia produced for visitors and branded products such as beer mugs, soap, ashtrays, puzzles, postcards, coasters, glasses, and commemorative license plates. Tickets, tickets stubs, and Expo 67 visitor passports are also included in this series.

Bottle caps

Bottle caps depicting different sites and pavilions of Expo 67.

Letter opener

Expo 67 branded letter opener, in box. Verso with sesquicentennial anniversary dates of "Canada's first bank." Also includes penny in box with same anniversary dates.

Shopping bags

File contains three large Expo 67 shopping bags, one paper and two plastic, and three smaller paper shopping bags (from Czechoslovakian Pavilion, Iranian Handicrafts Boutique, and Donald Berman Enterprises Ltd.). Also includes one Esso plastic shopping bag created for Expo 67.

Tickets and ticket stubs

File includes chiefly tickets and ticket stubs for Expo 67 including a Hovercraft ride, Île Charron Hovercraft and Expo 67 parking lot, Special Passport for Inauguration (two copies), Terre des Hommes/Man and His World exhibition minirail tickets, la Ronde La Pitoune, other la Ronde rides and Expo event tickets, Czechoslovak pavilion ticket stub and stub from restaurant bill, Hovercraft tickets (2 adult tickets, 1 child ticket), ticket for La Balade, and three Terre des Hommes/Man and His World tickets for minirails and rides, and and book of tickets for the pavilions at Man and His World (2 copies). Also includes refund voucher in Expo 67 envelope and additional empty Expo 67 envelope.

Postcards

File consists of postcards, including views of Montreal, Cite du Havre, various Expo 67 pavilions and events, including the Hovercraft. Also includes 2 accordion-style books of postcards of Expo 67 images published by La Ronde, and a mini-album of images of Terre des Hommes/Man and His World exhibitions. Also includes a book of postcards, with stubs to record postcard addressee details (postcards wanting). Stubs feature miniature versions of the postcards.

Passports

File consists of nine red Expo 67 season passports, one with two exhibition visas laid in; accompanied by one loose 1970 Terre des Hommes visa. Includes one day pass for Terre des Hommes/Man and His World, and one laminated Terre des Hommes/Man and His World season passport, accompanied by blue passport holder. Also includes two adult Expo Bonus books and one Expo 67 pricing pamphlet.

Souvenirs

File contains pavilion buttons for United States pavilion, Red Rose Tea bus commemorative folder with inserts, Expo 67 and Canadian Confederation commemorative license plates, vinyl record entitled The Sounds of Expo 67, and 1 Canadian War Amps tag. Also contains two small souvenir license plates with name "Anne," one for Expo and one for Terre des Hommes.

Ashtrays

File consists of six Expo 67 commemorative ashtrays. Three are low plastic dishes featuring plastic Expo 67 scenes, one is blue plastic with Terre des Hommes/Man and His World written, one is glass, one is larger oblong plastic with the Expo 67 logo.

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