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Harper’s Weekly, April 30, 1904. Special St. Louis World’s Fair edition. Includes photos and descriptions of the major pavillions and exhibits, map of site on the centre spread. Issue also has other stories and articles, as well as period advertising of considerable interest.

VG; completely intact and unmarked, lower right corner of cover is creased, centre page spread is loose; $10.00
Item # 8808

Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, August 6, 1936. Special 1936 Summer Olympic Games edition. Includes 10 pages of photos from the games, with text in German, English, and French. Some news articles also in the three languages, most other articles in German only. Many interesting period ads for German consumer products.

G+; completely intact and unmarked, edges frayed; $20.00
Item # 8809

Sunoco Road Map of the Northeastern United States, 1939 World’s Fair Edition.

VG+, completely intact and unmarked; $10.00
Item # 8807

Routes to the 1939 World’s Fair, New York. Pamphlet published by the Port of New York Authority, 1938. 4" x 9".

VG+, completely intact and unmarked; $10.00
Item # 8810

New York World’s Fair, 1939: Travel by Train. 20 pp. booklet published by Grand Trunk Railway System and Canadian National Railways. Lots of text and black & white photos of New York tourist attractions and highlights of pavilions at the fair. 4" x 9".

VG+, completely intact and unmarked; $10.00
Item # 8811

Official Guide Book to the 1940 World’s Fair, New York. 160 pp.; includes separate insert map of the 1940 fair. 5" x 8".

VG+, completely intact and unmarked; $40.00
Item # 8812
Official Guide Book to the 1965 World’s Fair, New York. 280 pp. 4 7/8" x 8".

VG, completely intact and unmarked; $15.00
Item # 8813

The Westinghouse Time Capsules. Handout booklet from the Westinghouse pavilion at the 1964-65 World’s Fair, New York. 12 pp., 3 7/8" x 9¼".

VG; $5.00
Item # 8814

The Gray Line 1965 Sightseeing, New York World’s Fair. Pamphlet of 1965 Gray Line New York bus tours. 3¾" x 8¾".

VG+; $3.00
Item # 8815

Tanzania At Africa Place, Expo 67. Official pamphlet fom the Tanzanian Pavilion at the 1967 World’s Fair, Montreal. 4¾" x 8".

VG; $2.00
Item # 8818
India Pavilion / Expo 67. Official brochure from the Indian Pavilion at the 1967 World’s Fair, Montreal. 6" x 5".

VG; $3.00
Item # 8819
Lufthansa Guide to Expo 67/Lufthansa Guide to Montreal. Handout at the German Pavilion at the 1967 World’s Fair, Montreal. 8" x 4½".

VG+; $3.00
Item # 8820
Meal cheque from the Berlin Restaurant, German Pavilion at the 1967 World’s Fair, Montreal. 4" x 6½".

VG+; $2.00
Item # 8821
Living with an Old Town: Ratisbon, Expo 67 Montreal. Handout at the German Pavilion at the 1967 World’s Fair, Montreal. 6-postcard booklet, 8¾" x 4".

VG, 2 postcards are loose; $3.00
Item # 8822

CADAFE [C.A. de Administracion y Fomento Electrico], Venezuelan electric power company pamphlet. Handout at the Venezuelan Pavilion at the 1967 World’s Fair, Montreal.
In English & French. 14 pp, 8½" x 5¼".

VG+, $2.00
Item # 8823
Greece, Expo 67, Montreal. Folder handed out at the Greek Pavilion at the 1967 World’s Fair, Montreal. Contains tourist pamphlets on different regions of Greece (Olympia, Western Macedonia, the Aegean Islands), In English. Pamphlets are 4" x 8½", two-pocket folder is 4¾" x 9¾".

VG folder, VG+ pamphlets, $2.00
Item # 8827
India pin, handout from the Indian Pavilion at the 1967 World’s Fair, Montreal. Enamel.
1" x 1 3/8".

VG+, $2.00
Item # 8828
Avis U.S. Pavilion button, handout from the U.S. Pavilion at the 1967 World’s Fair, Montreal. Tin, 1½" diameter.

VG+, $5.00
Item # 8829

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