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Women taking photographs near the Opera House

Building for Expo.

Cleared of railroad yards and related industrial structures by 1973, the Expo '74 site still had a long way to go before the opening of the World's Fair. Construction had just started on the Wahington State Pavilion at lower right. The old Burlington…

Demolition of the old station at the center of the railroad yards that became Spokane's World's Fair site is shown here as it looked in February 1973. The Great Northern Tower, the only part of the station to remain, indicates 450 days to go until…

Washington State Pavilion.

European Pavilion

San Francisco, Ca. delegation.

Press kit giveaway to Slade Gorton from Jack Geraghty (on left).

Welles Henderson, Marinus Van Gessell at a press conference.

Advance tickets arrive.

Vonda Kay Van Dyke, former Miss America, receiving press kit.

Advance ticket sales

Litter Control Act - Harold Sampson

Expo Float in Portland parade.

Signing Soviet Expo contract, General Manager's Office, U.S.S.R.

Boeing announcing plans for amphitheater.

Artist's conception of the United States Pavilion

Artist conception of U.S. pavilion.

Drawing of Washington State Pavilion and Opera House.

A bust of Vladimir Lenin greets visitors as they enter the U.S.S.R. Pavilion at the Expo '74 World's Fair. The Soviet Pavilion is the largest foreign exhibit at Expo. Over 100 Russians are living in Spokane for the duration of the fair. Expo opened…

Drawing of the Expo site before construction

Energy pavilion Expo '74 marketing. Energy pavilion #4.

Drawing of the General Motors pavilion

A star shell bursts behind the United States Pavilion during a fireworks display at the Expo '74 World's Fair. The pavilion, whose theme is "Man and Nature: One and Indivisible", prominently features the words of a Suquamish Indian chief who rebuked…

The Washington State pavilion of the Expo '74 World's Fair nears completion. The pavilion is one of three structures of the fair that will remain when it closes. It will serve as a convention center, will have a 2,700 seat opera house and art…

Outside the USSR Pavilion

Ducks swimming in the forebay of the Spokane River illustrate the theme of the Expo '74 World's Fair, "Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh, New Enviornment". What was once the site of a decaying railroad yard and city center is now the location for the…

Ducks swimming in the forebay of the Spokane River illustrate the theme of the Expo '74 World's Fair, "Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh, New Enviornment". What was once the site of a decaying railroad yard and city center is now the location for the…

Drawing of one of the pavilions.

Drawing of the Expo site

Artist's conception of the Agriculture Pavilion

Artist concept of the Agriculture Pavilion

Shows models of the fair

Up With People

Afro-American Pavilion, artist rendering

Amtrak goes to Spokane. Besides providing transportation for a lot of the visitors to Spokane's Expo '74, Amtrak has its own pavilion. Maureen Mcdonnell of Whittier, California is one of the well informed passenger service representatives staffing…

Unidentified artist

Adults and children viewing unidentified pavilion

Press release "Oregon."

"The Dairy goat."