Beach Amusement Park- Part 2

Some more images from the unknown beach amusement park. First up is the requisite carousel.

The park also featured a pony ride.

The park also had two different water rides. One with speedboats.

And the other featured sailboats. The concession stand in the background has a great look and nice advertising.

Beach Amusement Park 1950s Part 1

A quick series of posts showing some nice amusement park rides at a beachside amusement park. First up is a great circular car ride with some nice vehicles. I think I would be this kid and pick the ice cream truck, although it would be hard to resist one of the racing cars.

Another car ride, this time featuring Murray "sad face" Fire Engine pedal cars.

And a nice plane ride...I definitely would ride this.

Stuff From the Gate- Dixieland At Disneyland Ticket Brochure

This example is one of the reasons I am trying to complete a set of these Two Wonderful Ways to visit Disneyland ticket brochure. A nice advertisement for the 2nd Annual Dixieland at Disneyland event. This is numbered 6 in the date code or 11/61.

Sisters at Red Wagon Inn

Quick post for a busy day...two sisters wearing matching Japanese print Hawaiian shirts at the Red Wagon Inn.

Final Set of 1977 Artistic Images

The final set of photographs taken by the artistic amateur. First up is my favorite, the balloon seller in Tomorrowland. I love both the vertical with the balloons and the horizontal lines with the Peoplemover track.

The next shot is more like a tourist image, still well composed. It looks like it was a full load for the Gully Whumper.

Another artistic image is this almost abstract image of the Mark Twain.

Souvenir Friday- Third Annual Dixieland at Disneyland Program

I know I have shown Dixieland at Disneyland programs before and here is another one I found in the collection recently and thought I did not own. (I was digging through my boxes for Jason from Disneyland Nomenclature to scan items for his compendium.) I like this program as it lists the members of each band.

Now I need to find the 2nd Annual program.

More Artistic Images from 1977

Views of Main Street. A lovely image of a balloon vendor. The tunnel at this time does not have any attraction posters.

A view from the Hub with Coke Corner on the right hand side.

A similar shot to the Monorail, this time the E.S. Marsh pulling into the station, coming out of the trees.

A great view of the Hub with a crowd taken from the bridge to Frontierland.

Artistic Images 1977

The photographer of this series definitely tried to get some different views. I am calling these shots his artistic Disneyland series. First up is an image from the old skull rock area. The bit of color you see in the middle of the photograph is from the Casey Junior train, mainly the calliope car.

An almost postcard perfect picture of Sleeping Beauty Castle.

A different view of Monorail red.

Another postcard like view, this time of the Matterhorn and the tree lined walkway.

Sounds of America Publicity Photographs

A. The Earl Twins and Gene Nelson dance "The Ballad of Bessie and Tessie" in the Bell Telephone Hour's original musical, "The Sounds of America", which will be seen in color over NBC-TV on Friday February 17. This dance, created by Hermes Pan, the noted movie choreographer, tells the sad story of how a cowboy found that twins were harder to handle than any one girl.

B. Cactus Jack (Gene Nelson) basks in the admiration of Bessie and Tessie (The Earl Twins, Jane and Ruth) in the Western music hall segment of "The Sounds of America," to be seen on the Bell Telephone Hour over NBC-TV, Friday , February 17. Typical sounds of the old West are among the sounds of America's past described in this hour-long original musical.

A. Dwight Marfield plays Mark Twain, reminiscing about the good old days on the River, in "The Sounds of America," the Bell Telephone Hour's original musical that will be seen in color over NBC-TV, Friday, February 17. The background, with its steamboat, is Disneyland's reconstruction of the shore of the Mississippi.

B. "Looks like everybody's going on the Train to Yesterday." This scene on the Disneyland railroad opens "The Sounds of America," the Bell Telephone Hour musical that will be seen over NBC-TV on Friday, February 17. The train will take the TV audience not only through the Americana at Disneyland but also through a musical description of the sounds that went to make up America's past.

Things From the Gate- Two Wonderful Ways to Visit Disneyland 1961

In 1961, Disneyland switched to another design for the ticket brochures. The brochure ia a tri-fold and fold down into nice little brochure. Luckily for collectors, Disneyland actually numbered and dated these in code. However, I do not know if they skip numbered as I am still trying to complete the numbers. First up are two brochures that are identical with the exception of the number and the number printed. The first one is number 4 and had 175M printed, with a date of 5/61. (The code is found on the middle panel in the lower right hand corner.) I do not know if there are number 1, 2 or 3 in existence.

This brochure is numbered 5, also dated 5/61 but with a number of 200M printed.

Bell Telephone Sounds of America

A week ago or so, Tim from Vintage Disneyland Tickets posted this 1961 TV Guide with information and article about the Bell Telephone Hour The Sounds of America TV Special. This is a nice tie in of a die cut standee that would have been placed at Bell Telephone Centers and other shops to promote the special. The special was a musical set in Disneyland and the dancers, singers and actors ride the train around the park.

Tune in tomorrow for some publicity stills from the special as well. Tim- if you still need a copy of the video, I have one as well.

Souvenir Friday- Nash Brochure

When Disneyland was still under construction, Western Printing and lithography offered the sponsors a brochure to put their name and advertising on to promote Disneyland and their affiliation with Disneyland. This example is for Nash Automobiles. The brochures are very colorful and one of the earliest examples of a park map. I have TWA, Bluebird shoes, Kaiser appliances and this Nash example.

For Chris, here is a close up of the material Claude Coates is holding in the photograph I posted yesterday.

And also a close up of the squid model itself.

Squid and Misbehaving Cast Member

I believe the first photograph is for the squid seen in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I know they did put a squid in the 20K exhibit, so this may be the planning for that. Either way it is a cool photo of the model shop employees. Can anyone identify the employees?

Next up is an image from what I believe is a Spring Fling skit. Hopefully Jason from Disneyland Nomenclature is done unpacking his house and can chime in with the cast members history. The scene looks like something out of a comedy about working in an office.

A Trip Back to the Chicago Rail Fair- Part 2

The rest of the snapshots and souvenir pictures from the Chicago Rail Fair. First up is a smaller replica of a fantastic roadside attraction- the Paul Bunyan from Brainerd, Minnesota. The exhibit was sponsored by the Chicago and North Western Railroad.

A closer snapshot of the exhibit.

Another roadside exhibit is the Bok Tower located in Lake Wales, Florida. I wonder if the tower did sing?

Another snapshot view. I wonder why the person purchased the souvenir images?

A final image of Yellowstone and a geyser. This may be where the idea for Nature's Wonderland was germinated.

A Trip Back to the Chicago Rail Fair Part 1

I found some more images from the 1949 Chicago Rail Fair. These are a mixture of small snapshots as well as souvenir photographs. The theming of the exhibits was quite extensive and evocative of the original source material. First up is the Fred Harvey exhibit in the Santa Fe area. I like the machine age modern Pullman sign.

A closer look at the exhibit, based upon Adobe buildings found in New Mexico and Arizona.

In the background is the large stadium where the Wheels a Rolling pageant and parade was held.

A couple shots of the entrance to the Santa Fe exhibit.

A close up shot with a giant Kachina and entrance sign. I wonder where they are now?