Expo67 Logo

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1. Gerry L'Orange   June 7th 2007

   That’s not Optima Bold, Shannon; it’s Optima Roman. We have Hermann Zapf to thank for Optima. He also designed the popular Palatino, the calligraphic Zapfino and the ornamental characters known as Zapf Dingbats. Long considered one of the most elegant typefaces, Optima (released in 1958) has been used for years by the style-conscious cosmetics and skincare firm Est?©e Lauder. The logo was actually designed and in circulation before Centennial Year. My brother Kirk hitchhiked around Europe in 1966. He’d carefully painted the word Montreal and the Expo ’67 logo on his duffel bag and found that this helped him get rides.

2. matt Killen   January 5th 2010

   i loved this site. keep the good work up

3. Jim   February 20th 2010

   That is a remarkable film of Expo. I cannot tell if it was made in April or October of 1967. However, people are bundled in some of the scenes and trees look bare. The crowds are no clue to the time period because Expo experienced enormous crowds when it opened, when it closed and almost every moment in between. Those are great shots of the USA and USSR pavilion interiors. As a footnote: The pavilion of Thailand is the same one used at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. It was dismantled and moved to Montreal after the NYWF closed in October of 1965. I was able to see it twice–at two different world’s fairs.

4. Rob A.   May 26th 2010

   A great logo that will live on forever! Go montreal!

5. Lloyd Nauss   June 22nd 2010

   Is the logo under copywrite laws or in public Domain?
   Why I ask is I have a client that owns the wooden schooner ATLANTICA that was built at expo as part of the Maritime Exposition. He would like to use the expo logo in conjunction with the title Atlantica on shirts for his crew this summer.

   TIA

6. Michael Erdmann   June 22nd 2010

   Lloyd – the IOC (almost certainly) still holds the rights to this, but unless your client is selling the shirts or otherwise profiting, I don’t think it would be an issue.

7. Corbett McCarthy   January 5th 2011

   Great Video-I was lucky to purchase from an Estate Sale one of the Large Posters that appeared on the grounds of the EXPO 67- designed by Montreal artist Julien Hébert.

8. Randy Lopes   March 1st 2011

   @ Michael Erdmann . . . Why would the IOC (I assume this refers to the International Olympics Committee) hold any rights to a world’s fair logo?