Snoozles™
Hey! Here's a pair of Snoozles for you. We'll start with this gray and depressing image (from September of 1967) of Main Street Station, taken by the guy who filmed the "Batman" TV series. He loved those Dutch angles! He also loves Edam cheese, wooden shoes, and Dutch processed cocoa. I'm sensing a theme. The theme is LOVE.
Next is this photo from October, 1963. I believe that the photographer wanted to get a picture of the Burning Settler's Cabin, but the timing was off, so we can barely see the thing. Or maybe he liked the Keelboat, parked in that little portage - Mike Fink stopped by every once in a while to deliver a box of home-made Tollhouse cookies.
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"Mike Fink stopped by every once in a while to deliver a box of home-made Tollhouse cookies."
I had heard Mike was partial to giving out Mission Pak dried fruit instead.
Thanks, Major.
Ha! This pic actually looks like half of two different pics, separated by that dark green line of hedges. It looks like two slides got stuck in the slide projector at the same time. It's either 11:00 am or five minutes 'til 12:00. Hard to tell with these clock hands. The lady in the foreground doesn't seem the least bit concerned that a rampaging bull elephant is charging right at her! White petunias today. Ant the floral Mickey is looking a bit skimpy again. I do wonder why the picture is so tilted. Was the photographer rushed? (Doesn't appear so.)
Mike Fink delivering cookies; what a softie. I think we can only see one(1) pixel of the relaxing settler. Maybe Mike Fink was making the cookies inside the settler's cabin, and left a tray of cookies in the oven too long...
The first pic is a little strange; I don't know what to make of it. The second picture; well like you said, a little late. Maybe the photographer had to run up two flights of stairs to get to the top of the Mark Twain before snapping this photo. Oh well, at least they're in focus! Thanks, Major.
Of possible significance: The keelboat is clearly one of the ride vehicles, with steps and railings, benches on top, and open sides. No attempt to match the floating shipping crates Davy and Mike raced on the TV show.
Parking on low-capacity days? Sidelined for repairs? Decommissioned? Maybe temporary camouflage for exposed concrete or some such?
The TV shows deployed at least three boats: Two grubby ones for the race, and a frilly one evidently intended for passengers (found abandoned -- a victim of the river pirates). Recall hearing the actual film props were adapted for the park -- anybody have the facts?
It's interesting that the three posters on the right are for the same three attractions as we saw in the pic from last Tuesday, which was from 1963....four years earlier. One difference this time is, the Enchanted Tiki Room poster does list United Airlines as the sponsor. I wonder if there were designated posters which were supposed to go into designated frames, and the people swapping them out weren't supposed to veer from that?
Thanks, Major! And a happy Snoozle Sunday, to ya!
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