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Canada was 100 years old and celebrated by building centennial parks across the country

1967 centennial medalion Canada, a color photograph

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

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1976 Coca Cola cans six pack, a color advertising photograph

soft drinks in cans instead of bottles was a modern thing in '67 ... then pull-top

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

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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

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

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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a 1967 Mercury Cougar see full size

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guys wore polka dots in 1967 see full size

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youth fashion in 1967 was 'mod', a wild colorful style that existed

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

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'Habitat' at Expo '67 was brutalist architecture ... new words like habitat
and environment (en-VI-ron-ment) asked us to consider new concepts
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the World's Fair in Montreal was big and you could explore for days on end

... 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

and electronically generated sounds see full size

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Circle-Vision 360° at Expo 67, a color photograph, disney experimental

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