Expo Retro

Description

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: 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: 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: Why My Children Now Recycle
Description: Street entertainer Garbos' Garbage Pavilion at Expo 86.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Wooden Elephant
Description: Wooden Elephant at Expo 86.
Type of Resource(s): still image
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: 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: Yukon Territory Pavilion
Description: The Yukon Territory Pavilion at Expo 86.
Type of Resource(s): still image

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