expo 67 lounge

The 'Katimavik' was a 1000-ton structure, with a hollow steel frame.
One of the things I love about Expo 67 anniversary years is the amount of unearthed information and never-seen-before archives that comes to light.
In the early days of this blog, I wrote about one of my favorite Expo 67 anecdotes: the fact that the Canadian pavilion's Katimavik was, in fact, inspired by an ashtray....

Introduced in 1965, Dippity-do hair gel was initially marketed towards women, as a setting lotion for rollers. In the days before hand-held hair dryers, setting hair on curlers was commonplace. Well into the 1970's, well-coiffed women relied on weekly...

Expo 67 was Montreal's moment of glory—arguably, one of the city's single greatest events.  Expo's impact and legacy are undeniable; it's social, cultural and economical impact are recognized both locally and internationally.
While much emphasis has been put on Expo 67's extraordinary engineering, construction and architecture, less has been said about fashion.  Until now....

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce opened on May 15, 1867 in Toronto.  By 1967, both the CIBC and Canada were celebrating their centenaries.
The CIBC had an on-site branch at Expo 67.  It was located on Île Sainte-Hélène, next to an Expo-Services kiosk, and a stone's throw away from Cosmos Walk.  In the days before ATM machines, the branch served as many as 10,000 clients a day....