Expo Retro
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Title: Yukon Territory PavilionDescription: The Yukon Territory Pavilion at Expo 86.Type of Resource(s): still image
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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
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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
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Title: Why My Children Now RecycleDescription: Street entertainer Garbos' Garbage Pavilion at Expo 86.Type of Resource(s): still image
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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
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Title: Visit Expo and See the WorldDescription: Mother and children outside the Thailand Pavilion.Type of Resource(s): still image
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Title: USSR RocketDescription: A full-scale model of a USSR Salyut 7 Space Station at Expo 86.Type of Resource(s): still image
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Title: UFO-H2O Water ParkDescription: UFO-H2O at Expo 86 - an early example of a water park. Fun, rain or shine.Type of Resource(s): still image
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Title: UFO-H2O Water ParkDescription: The UFO-H2O at Expo 86 - an early example of a water park.Type of Resource(s): still image
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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