#EXPO 67 MONTREAL — DELUXE SITE SOUVENIR & TWIN PASSPORT ARCHIVE
## Premium 14-Piece Master Collection Featuring Historic Rocket Richard / Gordie Howe FeaturesThis sale features an exceptional, highly comprehensive historical archive focusing on the master site layouts, futuristic engineering projects, global media buzz, and the physical visitor journey across the islands during the historic 1967 Montreal World's Fair (Expo 67). This lot is uniquely high-value because it bridges the gap between World's Fair ephemera, mid-century graphic design, and vintage Canadian sports history. It features an elite pre-fair preview magazine highlighting Canada's greatest hockey icons alongside two parallel "live-stamped" pavilion passports.### THE 14-PIECE MASTER ARCHIVE INCLUDES:1. "MONTRÉAL 67" CITY PREVIEW MAGAZINE (MARCH 1967): A spectacular, large-format vintage publication by the City of Montreal. Packed with magnificent mid-century graphic design and photography, it features:
* "Maurice Richard: Vivant Symbole du Hockey" & "Meet 'Mr. Hockey'" (Gordie Howe) multi-page historic sports features.
* Sprawling engineering articles tracking the "underwater gateway" Metro transit tunnels and the international broadcasting center.
* "Eating at Expo" culinary layouts outlining the global dining pavilion dining plans.2. THE NEW YORK TIMES EXPO 67 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT (APRIL 1967): An oversized pre-opening newspaper insert printed to drive US tourism. Features a striking metallic head cover illustration, a gorgeous multi-page center spread dedicated to Frei Otto's West German tent structure, and high-end period ads from Holt Renfrew and Logexpo.3. LIFE MAGAZINE EXPO 67 LAUNCH ISSUE (APRIL 28, 1967): The iconic national news issue featuring the cover story "Tomorrow Soars In at The Fair", with the famous blue minitrain emerging directly out of Buckminster Fuller's United States Geodesic Dome pavilion.4. THE OFFICIAL EXPO 67 GUIDE BOOK (PASSPORT 1): Original white softcover trilingual guidebook. The interior and cover are filled with authentic, vibrant entry ink stamps collected live at the fair.5. THE OFFICIAL ALBUM SOUVENIR BOOK (PASSPORT 2): Companion large-format softcover pictorial album. The custom interior map pages feature an outstanding collection of live ink stamps and stickers gathered on-site, including TWO separate USSR (Soviet Pavilion) ink stamps hand-dated August 22, 1967, alongside marks from Korea, France, Germany, Israel, Yugoslavia, Tunisia, Morocco, Austria, Mexico, and Australia.6. UNCUT 10-PANEL ACCORDION POSTCARD STRIP: A pristine continuous mailer strip published by Plastichrome of Canada. Completely intact and uncut, it displays vivid color architectural photography of the headlining world pavilions and the La Ronde cable cars.7. TWO (2) STANDALONE COLOR POSTCARDS: Clean, unused cards showcasing:
* Buckminster Fuller's iconic United States Geodesic Dome pavilion at night.
* Frei Otto's revolutionary lightweight tent structure for the West German Pavilion.8. TWO (2) CORPORATE SITE MAPS & CHARTS:
* Bière Dow Ale Pavilion Fold-Out: Large double-sided chart opening to 60 beautifully illustrated circular vignettes cataloging the fair's layout, sponsored by local Dow Brewery.
* Bank of Montreal Pocket Map: Crisp original fold-out site map tracking the transit grids and waterways.9. TWO (2) "EXPO TODAY AND TOMORROW" DAILY GUIDES: A unique multi-day reference pairing. Includes:
* Friday, August 25, 1967 Edition: Detailing the Benelux Economic Union's Special Day with regional site maps.
* Wednesday, August 23, 1967 Edition: Tracking New York State's Special Day, explicitly highlighting scheduled Ukrainian fashion showcases at the fair.10. TWO (2) HISTORICAL SITE NEWS CLIPPINGS: Vintage primary-source news printouts including "U.S. Picks Up Expo" by Charles Lazarus and the official milestone "Attendance Records" printout tracking the 35 million visitor mark.11. TWO (2) TRAVEL ARTIFACTS: Includes one original light-blue Montreal Metro transit ticket stamped Atwater station and one yellow Lake George Chamber of Commerce tourist travel itinerary card showing the regional route.### CONDITION REPORT:
All pieces are genuine, original 1967 vintage items. The magazines are intact with crisp interior graphics, sharp colors, and minimal spine wear. The twin passport books feature bright, crisp ink stamps and tight bindings. The uncut postcard strip is clean with no separations. Minor age-toning and typical storage folding are present on the newsprint components, but everything remains entirely clean, intact, and ready to display. Please examine the high-resolution listing photos to verify physical condition details and publishing marks.
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