Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
Expo '74 - Spokane's World's Fair
GEN .10
0.75 cubic feet
1970-1979
This collection contains original postcards, pamphlets and ephemera from the fair. Also included in the collection are various news articles from 1974 and anniversaries of the fair.
English
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Expo '74 was held in Spokane, WA, and ran from May 4 to November 3, 1974. It was the first environmentally themed world's fair and helped clean up the Spokane River and create Riverfront park. The current pavilion, recognized as a Spokane landmark was build for the fair and housed the US Pavilion.
Postcards, news articles, photos, and reports
This collection is open for research use
This collection is open for use
[Item]. Expo '74 GEN-10 Archives, Whitworth University (Spokane, WA).
Spokane (Wash.)
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1974 : Spokane, Wash.)
Introduction and Finding Aid
1/1
Branding
1/2
News Articles
1970
1/3
News Articles
1971
1/4
News Articles
1972
1/5
News Articles
1973
1/6
News Articles
1974
1/7
Newsletters
1/8
"Expo '74 News" Publications
1972- April 1974
1/9
Before and Demolition Images
1/10
Construction Images
1/11
Postcard Promotion (Pre-opening)
1/12
Maps, Schedules, and Overviews
1/13
Souvenir Program (original)
1/14
Daily Bulletins of Events
1/15
Opening
1/16
Opening- President Richard Nixon Speech and Schedule
1/17
Opening Day Images
1/18
Opening Day Protests
1/19
General Grounds Images
1/20
Aerial Images
1/21
Pavilions – Business
1/22
Pavilions – Businesses Images
1/23
Pavilions – International
1/24
Pavilions – International Images
1/25
Pavilions – Washington
1/26
Pavilions – States and Domestic
1/27
U.S. Pavilion
1/28
Whitworth Pavilion
1/29
Whitworth Campus Planning and events
1/30
Folk Life Festival
1/31
Native American's Earth
1/32
Entertainment
1974
1/33
Postcards – Rides and Midway
1/34
Restaurants and Concessions
1/35
Ephemera and Misc.
1/36
Postcard Sets
1/37
Transportation and Lodging
1974
1/38
Closing
1/39
Expo '74 Fairgoers Survey
1/40
Photographs – Disassembling
1975
1/41
Office of U.S. Commissioner General/White House Report
1974
1/42
Bureau of International Expositions Report
Dec. 1974
1/43
1st year Anniversary News Article
May 1975
1/44
Photographs – Riverfront Park
1/45
Post-Expo Property
1976-1979
1/46
Riverfront Park Property Inventory
2016
1/47
Anniversaries and Articles
1976 on
1/48
40th Anniversary
2014
1/49
50th Anniversary
2024
1/50