Expo Retro

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Expo 86, the Vancouver Public Library asked Vancouverites to share digitized photos of Expo and record audio clips of their thoughts and experiences. These memories are yours to explore!

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Title: Yukon Territory Pavilion
Description: The Yukon Territory Pavilion at Expo 86.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Working at Expo 86 - Interview with Brent Belsher
Description: Brent Belsher remembers trying to balance work, fun and crowds at Expo 86. Working his first job at the CN Pavilion, Brent still managed to attend events and performances. His greatest memory of Expo is the busyness of the pavilion and all the other exhibits.
Type of Resource(s): sound recording-nonmusical
Title: Work and Helping Others - Interview with Marianne Schmidt
Description: Marianne talks about her experiences volunteering in the lead-up to the Fair, and later working at the Operations Office at 44 W Pender where staff shortlisted 20,000 people applying for work from over 200,000 applicants, and then recounts a moving story of helping an unemployed person "get out of [his] slump."
Type of Resource(s): sound recording-nonmusical
Title: Wooden Elephant
Description: Wooden Elephant at Expo 86.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Why My Children Now Recycle
Description: Street entertainer Garbos' Garbage Pavilion at Expo 86.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Who Didn't Love McBarge?
Description: The popular floating McDonald's restaurant at Expo 86 affectionately known as McBarge (also known as Friendship 500).
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Welcoming the World to Expo 86 on the Digital Calliope
Description: Basil Watson welcomes the world to Expo 86 on the digital calliope for the Canada Pavilion.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Visiting Every Pavilion at Expo 86 - Interview with Peter Haskell
Description: Peter Haskell recounts his experiences visiting every pavilion at Expo 86 with his Season Pass and expresses how it didn't measure up to to what he had seen of the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Type of Resource(s): sound recording-nonmusical
Title: Visit Expo and See the World
Description: Mother and children outside the Thailand Pavilion.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: VIP Service - An Interview with Ann LeFleur and Lisa Seed
Description: Ann LeFleur and Lisa Seed had the unique experience of supporting the dignitaries from all over the world who attended Expo 86.
Type of Resource(s): sound recording-nonmusical
Title: USSR Rocket
Description: A full-scale model of a USSR Salyut 7 Space Station at Expo 86.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Unions and General Impressions - Interview with Eugene J. O'Brien
Description: Eugene J. O'Brien discusses his thoughts on non-unionized work at Expo 86.
Type of Resource(s): sound recording-nonmusical
Title: UFO-H2O Water Park
Description: UFO-H2O at Expo 86 - an early example of a water park. Fun, rain or shine.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: UFO-H2O Water Park
Description: The UFO-H2O at Expo 86 - an early example of a water park.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Two Boys on Highway 86 Tandem Bicycle
Description: Two Boys on Highway 86 Tandem Bicycle.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Twisting the Night Away - Interview with Marianne Schmidt
Description: Marianne talks about the Randy ELVIS Friskie - The REAL Tribute Show and how she opened her home to the travelling musicians who were performing for Expo 86 and how she did "a twist and jumping around on stage every single night" in her '50s clothing.
Type of Resource(s): sound recording-nonmusical

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