Canada was 100 years old and celebrated by building centennial parks across the country
school children were surprised to receive new brass medallions in plastic sleeves
... this old one above is damaged
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there were occasional sightings of green hair and see-through blouses,
granny glasses, Beatle caps, and local mod bands playing pop-up
'happenings' on the street see full size
'happenings' on the street see full size
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cans eliminated the need for separate can openers
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mod pens were big with younger students, although teachers
had mostly tucked-in shirts and short haircuts
see full size
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In 1967 people were talking about "I Am Curious (yellow)"
Wikipedia: One of the main reasons that it was a box office smash was that it was the first film
Wikipedia: One of the main reasons that it was a box office smash was that it was the first film
with sexual acts performed onscreen that was not confined to the porn theaters on
42nd Street, New York City. Millions of people who had never seen a pornographic
film flocked to safe neighborhood theaters to see what it was all about.
Another reason was that it became popular among "stars" to be seen going to this movie,
and that made the general public even more interested. News of Johnny Carson
and that made the general public even more interested. News of Johnny Carson
seeing the film legitimized going to see it. [citation needed] The film ushered
in a wave of nudity and sex never before shown to the general public,
and it was the first shot in the war that was to begin in pushing the
limits of films for the general public.
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see full size a 1967 Thunderbird had style, and now all cars
seem to look like a sport-shoe on wheels
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guys wore polka dots in 1967 see full size
youth fashion in 1967 was 'mod', a wild colorful style that existed
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for a short time before the hippies replaced it with rags
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1967 brutalist architecture in Canada was characterized by exposed concrete
and blunt imposing design ... there's still lots of it around today see full size
and blunt imposing design ... there's still lots of it around today see full size
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and environment (en-VI-ron-ment) asked us to consider new concepts
see full size
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... it was fantastic exhausting over-stimulation represented by 62 nations
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part of the Canadian pavilion was an inverted pyramid with vast inner space
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and electronically generated sounds see full size
most incredible was a 360 degree cinema in which Canadian Mounted Police in uniform charged at the audience, riding past and away ... the Circle-Vision 360° film was produced by Disney
Circle-Vision 360° at Expo '67 see full size
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"Kaleidoscope" had animated colors in a multi-mirrored
room, and the visual effect extended to infinity
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housed Kaleidoscope
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one of my favourites see full size
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the Iranian pavilion That 1967 boy in red pants had 'desert boots',
originally designed for 1940s German soldiers in African deserts
to keep sand out ... in the 1980s they were marketed under
a different name see full size
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'Spirograph', a geometric drawing toy see full size
Spirograph was popular with children in 1967 see full size
Spirograph see full size
Canada consumed culture from England and the USA,
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and also produced it's own
Neil Young & early Steppenwolf haunted 1967 Yorkville in Toronto
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see full size
'Canadia' was an elaborate miniature attraction near Niagara Falls
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see full size
Canadia, 1967
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