Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Happy 100th Birthday Ward Kimball

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Yesterday was the 100th birthday of my favorite Disney animator, Ward Kimball. Kimball was definitely a renaissance man with varied interes...
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Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Frontierland Buildings on Tom Sawyer's Island 1959

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Two more snapshots of buildings in Frontierland taken in 1959. First up is the fishing pier and shack on the island. This structure still ...
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Monday, March 03, 2014

Frontierland Street 1959

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Some nice views of the Frontierland street from 1959. First up is the Frontier Trading Post with the cigar store Indian standing guard in f...
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Friday, February 28, 2014

Souvenir Friday- 1980 Disneyland Ambassador

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The Disneyland Ambassador program was started in 1965 to help promote Tencenniel and the park throughout the world. Chosen from the cast me...
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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Guest Transportation on Rivers of America Part 2

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Continuing with two nice September 1959 snapshots showing guest transportation on the Rivers of America. The two pictures are one of Disney...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Guest Transportation On the Rivers of America Part 1

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A couple more snapshots from the same guest who snapped the pictures from the Skyway. The first picture shows the Indian War Canoes being p...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Skyway September 1959 Part 2

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Two more views of the Skyway at Disneyland. This time the black and white snapshots are the views one could see from the Skyway. First ima...
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Monday, February 24, 2014

Skyway September 1959 Part 1

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Another purchase from the Disneyana Fan Club Disney Show is this nice group of black and white snap shots taken in September 1959. The firs...
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Friday, February 21, 2014

Souvenir Friday- Monsanto Adventure Through Inner Space Triviia 1977

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It appears that Disneyland ride operators for the Adventure Through Inner Space ride had lots of time on their hands as they created a 15 pa...
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Early Morning Rowing

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One of my strongest memories of visiting Disneyland during my childhood was rowing the Davey Crockett's Explorer Canoes on the Rivers of...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Mad Tea Party in the 1970s

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Over the weekend I was at the Disneyana Fan Club show and sale. One of the dealers had a set of four photographs from the 1970s for me. Th...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry

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One of my favorite type of photgraphs are cut out photographs or those with backdrops. These two fun photographs are from the Chicago Museu...
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Monday, February 17, 2014

Carol Visits Freedomland- the End

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Three snapshots today of the petting zoo found outside of the barn for Elsie the Cow. This is one part of Freedomland that was different th...
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Friday, February 14, 2014

Souvenir Friday- Mini Airling Bag for Monorail

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A fun little souvenir from the time period when the Monorail opened at Disneyland is this miniature airline flight bag. The bag features a ...
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