#universal exposition

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Tour Eiffel

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Moshe Safdie, Habitat 67, 1967 International and Universal Exposition, Montréal, Canada, 1963-1967 VS Lumber manufacturer

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Happy first day of spring! 

We’re celebrating the vernal equinox here in the Northern Hemisphere with this image of lyonnaise silk from La Librairie (1900), from l’exoposition universelle internationale de 1900.

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• Universal Exposition, Paris. 536. Set of Italian statues, stereograph (Exposition universelle, Paris. 536. Ensemble de statues Italiennes) Date: 1867  Designer: M. Léon& J. Lévoy (Paris) Medium: Albumen silver photograph

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Spring of ‘67

On this day, 50 years ago, Expo 67 opened in Montreal and would last until November of the same year. It is, to this day the most successful and most attended World’s Fair ever organized (although a computer program predicted it could not open on time!) 

Amongst the fair-goers were Queen Elizabeth II, Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, Marlene Dietrich, Jackie Kennedy, Thelonious Monk, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Princess Grace of Monaco and their eldest children, Prince Albert and Princess Caroline, Harry Bellafonte, Princess Margaret and US President Lyndon B. Johnson... to name a few.

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Universal exposition of Paris, 1900

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The Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris on May 6, 1889.

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The Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris on May 6, 1889.