A colour photographic night view of La Ronde, the amusement park of Man and His World (Terre des Hommes) on the former Expo 67 grounds in Montreal. The midway glows with coloured lights, with an illuminated Ferris wheel at centre, a tall slender observation tower rising into the dark sky and the huge lit pyramid-shaped frame of the Gyrotron ride on the right. In the foreground a row of red-roofed station canopies and a long lit platform stretch across the picture, with the lights of the city and the river in the background. The Man and His World emblem is printed in the upper left, with a white caption band and decorative scalloped edges.The back is printed in blue with the caption LA RONDE, the official Man and His World emblem, a bilingual divided layout (Carte Postale - Post Card), a dotted stamp box marked MW 14, and the vertical credit identifying it as an official postcard by Dexter Color Canada, Ltd., printed in Canada, code DR-39213-C. It is blank, with no writing, address or stamp.Period: circa 1968.Publisher / series: Dexter Color Canada, Ltd. - official Man and His World postcard, MW 14, DR-39213-CPostally used: No, unused and unaddressedCondition: Good vintage condition; rich night colours, light toning on the back and minor wear on the scalloped edges; a thin curved line near the upper left of the back (possibly a hairline mark or scan artifact); no tears or holes visible.Reference : 20261004-18-09031-14/100
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