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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 -- 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 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#45)
Beer garden that became the carrousel's home after Expo.
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 (#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 (#31)
Adults and children viewing unidentified pavilion
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#28)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#19)
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 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#18)
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 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#25)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#15)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#13)
Energy pavilion Expo '74 marketing. Energy pavilion #4.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#11)
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…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#10)
Drawing of Washington State Pavilion and Opera House.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Pavilions and Exhibits (#07)
Artist's conception of the United States Pavilion
