Photography
Official photograph of the Montreal World’s Fair. Representation of His Imperial and Royal Highness, Emperor Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, in conversation with the Honorable Lionel Chevrier and Mayor Jean Drapeau.
- Accession Number 2021.47.92
- Date 1967
- Medium and Support silver print, paper
- Measurements 17,7 x 21,7 cm
Historical context
This 1967 photograph was taken during a meeting between Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, and Jean Drapeau, Mayor of Montreal, on the occasion of Expo 67. The World’s Fair held in Montreal in 1967 was an incredible moment. It drew the whole world to the city and to the province of Quebec. The meeting between the two statesmen was a coup and a consecration. In Montreal’s Black community, in the years leading up to the Second...
- Accession Number 2021.47.92
- Date 1967
- Medium and Support silver print, paper
- Measurements 17,7 x 21,7 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, Richard G. Gervais de l'Assemblée Collection, 2021.047.092
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