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Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#50)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#40)
Man with baby in stroller in front of a display of things going into a landfill
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#45)
Beer garden that became the carrousel's home after Expo.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#48)
"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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Views Before (#07)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Views Before (#03)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Views Before (#04)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Views Before (#05)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Views During (#10)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Views During (#13)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Views During (#33)
A marching band parades through the park, a regular feature during warm weather.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Views During (#36)
The pavilion and Clocktower at night from a bridge over the Spokane River.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Views During (#37)
The pavilion and the rushing Spokane River, two of the outstanding attractions at Riverfront Park.
Northwest -- Missions -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart (#41)
"Old mission built in 1842 by Indians and Jesuit Fathers, without nails."
Northwest -- Missions -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart (#01)
"The Cataldo Mission on the Coeur D'Alene River."
Northwest -- Missions -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart (#12)
Exterior of the mission, 1928
Northwest -- Missions -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart (#19)
"Coeur D'Alene Mission at Cataldo, Idaho. Built by natives under direction of Fr. Joseph Joset."
Northwest -- Missions -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart (#21)
"Mission of Sacred Heart in the heart of the Coeur D'Alene Moutains about sixty miles east of the city. Built, 1845. North facade in its original condition before restoration of 1926."
Northwest -- Missions -- Idaho -- Desmet (#04)
"Crosses marking the burials beneath alter in the mission church at DeSmet, Idaho, Coeur D'Alene Indian Mission. Father Joset d. 1900 and Father Giorda d. 1882."
Northwest -- Missions -- Washington -- Mount St. Michaels (#20)
"Bell on building of St. Michael's Mission."