Dark Frontierland, 1950's
Here are some very dark photos from Frontierland, probably from 1956. I believe that the photographer didn't arrive at the park until late in the afternoon, because only a few slides show significant sunlight.
Look at those long, long shadows! It won't be long before the sun is down. Hey, I like Frontierland at night. The gentleman in this picture has been standing like that for about 20 minutes; but don't worry, he's just experiencing the "whim-whams" as he calls them. We've all been there. Behind him is the Frontier Trading Post, and next to it is the Miniature Horse Corral.
Here's a pretty terrible photo of the Mark Twain. It looks like the bleached bones of a creature from Venus. But there was one detail that intrigued me...
... what the he** is going on with that man's shirt? It is ultra see-through. "I bought it at Victoria's Secret". I hope that transparent shirts were not a trend (thank goodness he didn't wear matching pants, am I right?). Perhaps he was proud of his physique, and did that thing where he flexed his arms and then kissed his biceps, Schwarzenegger style!
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Major-
Do I spy some structures of the little mining town of Rainbow Ridge in the background of the first image-? Wow - talk about a 'sheer' shirt-!! (Perhaps he's one of the '999 happy haunts', just looking for a "mansion" to inhabit-?) Creepy.
Thanks, Major.
That Miniature Horse Corral doesn't look very miniature! Wha-waaa!
It's hard to believe a see-through shirt was acceptable back in the fifties, especially at Disneyland. I'd think it would have been definite no-no in the park's dress code. Just think, his armpits would be showing! Eeeeew! Maybe he slipped through the front gate with a jacket on over his hideously obscene shirt!
The last photo must have been shot on Kryptonachrome. It has some unusual effects when exposed under the rays of our yellow sun.
@TokyoMagic! That is why Disneyland Security asked him to put on an undershirt... we didn't want to see his chest tattoos. ;-)
@Nanook - I spy those little structures too!
I like the guy in the first photo staring up at the sign wonder'n, "Does that there sign read, Davy Crockett or Davy Croquet... how do you spell 'croquet?'"
Great photo of the Mark Twain!
Always your pal,
Amazon Belle
Maybe the shirt is wet? That can make some fabrics more transparent.
"whams-whams" made me laugh out loud or LOL as the youngsters say.
Nanook, yep, up on the hill - li’l houses from the li’l mining town! Ha ha, the transparent fabric does look like the stuff on the ghosts in the Mansion.
TokyoMagic!, I didn’t know that you played the trombone. I’ll bet the man in “the shirt” invented those mesh armless t-shirts that I wear to all important functions.
Chuck, your hypothesis is as good as any, and better than many!
Matthew, yikes, can you imagine if the guy wasn’t wearing an undershirt? No thank you. I was wondering what the man in photo #1 could be staring at, you could be right about it being the Davy Crockett Arcade.
Melissa, if so, now I need to know how he got so wet on a sunny day! Perhaps he just climbed out of the river and was regretting his swim.
Well, it's paranormal Friday at Disneyland. In the first photo, we see a park goer staring up at the mother-ship as it appears to only him. He has been chosen out of everyone 'cause interdimentional travelers wear their pants under their armpits as well. Weird. In the second photo, we see one of the anthropomorphic probes checking out the latest Earth transportation technology. The diaphanous shirt allows battery charge during data collection. It is known among aliens as the Pepperidge Garment. Coincidence? You decide.
Thursday not Friday, wishful thinking.
Perhaps the man believed in living a life of transparency.
Looks like these pics went through a scanner darkly. It is Anaheim after all. Thanks, Major.
These are very very weird pictures.
Almost looks like he is wearing a "muscle shirt" and then one of those transparent plastic ponchos that ladies might carry for emergencies.
How very odd.
JG
The first guy is waiting on the other guy to draw! Unfortunately, the other guy is the cigar store Indian... That went on for a while...
The guy in the last shot just bought an official Haunted Mansion Ghost Costume! 19.95 while supplies last!
Gnometrek, ;-)
Jonathan, the man does have that, “What am I seeing? Have I gone mad?”. Yes, he has gone mad, but that doesn’t make him a bad person. I like to wear pants that are both high-waisted, and have cuffs that are 6” above my ankles. It’s sort of my thing. Hey, maybe there really should be a “Pepperidge Garment” that folks can order. It’ll be sort of a muumuu crossed with a Snuggie. Only made of clear plastic.
Jonathan, it might be Friday *somewhere*.
K. Martinez, he couldn’t tell a lie because people could see right through him!
JG, there is nothing sadder than somebody with no muscles wearing a muscle shirt. I should know.
Stuart Powley, ha ha. “That guy over there is staring at me! How rude! I’ll just stare right back”. You should see the man when he is in front of a mirror. Like a parakeet, he just thinks it’s another man.
Matthew, you could be right. Maybe security went and got a tank top t-shirt from "Lost & Found" and made him wear it. In the late seventies/early eighties, I saw security stop a male guest who was walking up Main Street, and make him take his shirt off and turn it inside out because it had something offensive printed on it.
Major, I forgot about those mesh shirts! Weren't there also fishnet and macrame shirts?
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