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463 - Africa Place (Ghana, Niger, Ivory Coast, etc.) = Place d'Afrique (Ghana, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, etc.)

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File

Date:

[1963-1967]

Reference:

R869, RG71M 85603/4, RG71M 912024, Volume number: 727--728, Microfilm reel number: M-1557, File number: 463

File no. (creator):

463

Type of material:

Architectural and technical drawings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5054731

Context of this record:

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Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition fonds

Department of Installations

Architectural Designs and Drawings for Expo 67

Key Plan Area 4 - Ile Nôtre-Dame (400 series)

463 - Africa Place (Ghana, Niger, Ivory Coast, etc.) = Place d'Afrique (Ghana, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, etc.)
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[1963-1967]

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

27 architectural drawings
8 photographs

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French
Additional name(s):

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Architect: John Andrews Architects

Architect: Andrews, John Hamilton, 1933
Finding aid no.:

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71-23

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General note:

This file contains architectural and design drawings of the exhibit areas displayed in the Africa Place pavilion (see Key Ref. 462) which was designed and built for Expo 67. The following countries were allocated their own exhibition space and are represented in this file: Ghana = Ghana; Niger = Niger; Ivory Coast - Côte d'Ivoire; Togo = Togo; Gabon = Gabon; Rwanda = Rwanda; Madagascar = Madagascar; Senegal = Sénégal; Chad = Tchad; Cameroon = Cameroun; Nigeria = Nigéria; emocratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) = République démocratique du Congo (Kinshasa); Tanzania = Tanzanie; Kenya = Kenya; Uganda = Ouganda. This structure was intended as a temporary foreign government-sponsored structure located in Expo Area: Ile Notre-Dame. Project Type: National and Private Participants = Participants nationaux et privés. This file also includes some photographs of the design model.

Formatted contents note:

Project No. 4-64 - Africa Place = Place d'Afrique (Contract No. 200-919)

Availability of other formats note:

Some drawings for this structure were microfilmed in 1968 and can be found on microfilm reel M-1557, frames B1--B68.

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M-1557 : Copy no. 4
M-1557 : Copy no. 2
M-1557 : Copy no. 3
M-1557 : Copy no. 1

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

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RG71M 85603/4
RG71M 912024
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Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R869] 727--728

[Consultation 90 Open]

Microfilm reel [R869] M-1557

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : The rights to reproduce the drawings and specifications are owned by Nil for the Ghana, Nigeria exhibits; Niepce S. A., Paris, France for the Niger, Togo, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Senegal, Chad, and Uganda exhibits; Studecors-Paris, Paris, France for the Gabon and Cameroon exhibits; Cite Construction Cie Ltée, Montreal for the Rwanda and Congo (Kinshasa) exhibits; Eric C. Fisher, Dar es Salam, Tanzania for the Tanzania exhibits; David Hart, Nairobi, Kenya for the Kenya exhibits. Drawings are not to be duplicated without written consent of the copyright owner. This is applicable to both original drawings and microfilm; Credit Library and Archives Canada.

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