Souvenir Friday- Opening Day Participant Pass and Disneyland Guest Tag

A very scarce item from July 17, 1955 is the participant pass for the Disneyland Opening Day Ceremonies. Unlike the press preview tickets with their wonderful graphics, this is a simple pass with just the name and a serial number. However, the person who held this ticket was an integral part of the ceremonies, most likely a participant in the parade.

The next piece is not related, but also just as scarce. The tag would have been worn by a VIP guest in 1955 or 1956. I like that Dumbo was used instead of one of the Fab 5. The story is that the Studio did not want to allow the use of Mickey and his gang, so Disneyland used Dumbo and Tinkerbell as the mascots. That is until Disneyland was a success and then Mickey and friends made their appearance on merchandise and graphics on maps and handouts.