Jungle Jim and Tour Guide
This image is from a stereo slide dated November 1964...you'll have to take my word for it when I tell you that the 3-D effect is pretty nice! It was labeled "Jungle Jim"; was he a Jungle Cruise skipper? I can't tell from the costume.
Standing next to Jim is a pretty tour guide (Tourguide Trixie?), riding crop in hand, ready to discipline naughty guests who don't pay attention! I've always found the tour guide costume to be a bit ridiculous with the hat and the plaid skirt, and the poncho (or whatever that red garment is...is it a cape?). Still, there's no mistaking them for another tourist, which was probably the point.
5 comments:
Great shot—those outfits are classic! What are the chances of getting the other stereo shot that goes with this?
Call me twisted, but I've always found those outfits hot (errrr - the tour guide - not the Jungle Skipper....)
You’re not twisted… just male. Tangaroa knows that we Jungle skippers had quite a love affair with the lovely ladies in plaid. Boat storage was close enough to City Hall to keep both parties interested in each other. And I was told at one time that the Jungle skippers wore a cravat so I’m guessing that you are right Major Pepperidge, “Jim” was indeed a skipper.
If only Wigglevision had been invented then!
Walterworld, you must have gone all the way back to review my whole blog!
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