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- ↑ Daniell, Constance (6 July 1967). "Expo 67 'Turns On' Youthful Imaginations". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 5. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Plumptre, Timothy (23 May 1967). "First to give youth its own showcase, Expo provides a club for teeny boppers". Globe and Mail. p. 10.
- ↑ Pope, Norris (2013). Chronicle of a Camera: The Arriflex 35 in North America, 1945-1972. University Press of Mississippi. p. 51. ISBN 9781617037429 . Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Highmore, Ben (2010). "8: Into the Labyrinth: Phantasmagoria at Expo 67". In Richman Kenneally, Rhona; Sloan, Johanne (eds.). Expo 67: Not Just a Souvenir. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442660212 . Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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