Expo 67 United States Pavilion Button, 1967

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Artifact Overview

Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended World's Fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This button implies that, even at the time, the design was recognizable without additional text needed.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Button (Information artifact)

Date Made

1967

Subject Date

1967

Creators

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2008.141.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of J. Marc Greuther.

Material

Metal

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

White (Color)
Blue

Dimensions

Diameter: 1.5 in

Inscriptions

On back: AVIS FEATURES PLYMOUTH./ U.S./ PAVILION/ expo67/ BUTTON/ COMPLIMENTS OF/ AVIS/ PTD. IN U.S.A.