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Judging by the Expo Express elevated track and lagoon in the background, it appears to be next to the West Germany Pavilion.

90¢ admission when a ticket to the Fair was $2.00!!!

Was painstakingly slow for me this morning, better now.

The trash pile in the background certainly adds to the ambiance.

We're a pretty scary bunch.

Welcome, Lawrence. If you scan the various threads, there is a ton of information regarding the 1964-65 Fair as well as many other past, future and proposed world's fairs. Have fun!

Vancouver or Tsukuba?

Performance issues? Sounds like a topic for another chat site. ;-) Working fine here

I was promised these . . . And ended up with this . . .

Did the Probability Machine appear in the final cut? I don't recall seeing it.

What is the barren lot to the lower right of the Meadow Lake Bridge? Site of the proposed American Indian Pavilion?

It's a shame the "birdcage" wasn't kept.

Looks pretty underwhelming but at least we'll have a pavilion.

The choice of cover art really works. Good selection!

I have some US proof sets that I've bought over the years starting with my birth year of 1952. Also a few Canadian proof-like sets. My specialty is classic commemorative silver. As you probably know, a few matte proof specimens were struck by Mint Director John Sinnock for his personal collection and now fetch tens of thousands of dollars if and when they come up for auction. You are right about cameo proof coins from the 1936-1968 period. I think the intent was to produce uniformly mirrored proof coins and cameos were the rare exception. Do you remember F.J. Vollmer, a dealer back in the 60s who specialized in cameo or "frosted" proof coins? BTW, beautiful proof Barber dime you had.