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The pavilion and the rushing Spokane River, two of the outstanding attractions at Riverfront Park.

The pavilion and Clocktower at night from a bridge over the Spokane River.

A marching band parades through the park, a regular feature during warm weather.

Dancers during Expo

Map of the Pacific Northwest featuring Spokane Expo '74.

Artist's rendering of Expo site

Ceremony at Expo

The National Dance Company of Senegal will perform during the Expo '74 World's Fair at the Opera House Oct. 26 and 27, 1974. The troupe, which made its debut in the United States in 1971, is on a North American tour. After Expo, the dancers will head…

Artist's rendering of Expo site in color

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…

Fireworks at Expo

Goodyear blimp at Expo

Opening day at Expo

Aerial view showing the site for Expo

There was no thought of a world's fair here in 1966 when what was to become the site of Expo '74 was still a congested industrial area that blocked the city's access to the scenic Spokane River falls and rapids. Railroad yards and related warehouses…

Railroad yards and their adjacent industrial buildings and parking areas, shown in the 1961 photo of the Expo '74 site, dominated the heart of the downtown area of Spokane, cutting the city off from its scenic river area. Cleared for the World's…

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 Burlington Northern Tower, the only part of the station to remain, indicates 450 days to go…

Aerial view before Expo construction

There was no thought of a world's fair here in 1966 when what was to become the site of Expo '74 was still a congested industrial area that blocked the city's access to the scenic Spokane River falls and rapids. Railroad yards and related warehouses…

"Meet me at the tower," is probably the most common direction being given at the Expo '74 World's Fair. The old Burlington Northern Clock Tower has been a Spokane landmark for more that half a century, and it is an easy reference point seen from just…

KHQ Radio headquarters at Expo

Beer garden that became the carrousel's home after Expo.

Garbage goat

Drawing of the Kodak Pavilion

Man with baby in stroller in front of a display of things going into a landfill

American Forest Pavilion

Expo '74 headquarters

Up With People

The huge movie screen (six stories high, nine wide) dwarfs an attendant at the IMAX theater in the U.S. pavilion at the Expo '74 World's Fair. Screen is so big it involves the audience in the film - most notably in a dizzying airplane ride through…

Up With People

"The Dairy goat."

Press release "Oregon."

Adults and children viewing unidentified pavilion

Unidentified artist

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…

Afro-American Pavilion, artist rendering

Up With People

Shows models of the fair

Artist concept of the Agriculture Pavilion

Artist's conception of the Agriculture Pavilion