You know how much I love Vintage Disneyland Ephemera. Here are two random items from my stash!
Let's start with this information brochure from the Spring of 1964. A family receives all of the most useful info from a clockwork (animatronic?) armored knight. Medieval ticker tape. If this item looks familiar, it's because the cover is nearly identical to a 1963 version that I shared HERE. I am all in on variations!
Disneyland is closed Monday and Tuesday, don't forget. Parking is 25¢! General admission for adults is a whopping $1.60 (of course that didn't include coupons for rides). They mention the Disneyland Hotel, but also "several motels in the immediate area", I wonder how Jack Wrather felt about that? Take a guided tour. Bu won't be there in 1962, but I'm sure you'll have a fine experience. "Spring Fling" was going on, an early example of an event in which the park was emptied out and Spring Fling participants were allowed back in - I wonder when they first started doing this type of thing?
Strollers, pet care, baby stations, cameras and film, they've thought of everything! Under "Restaurants" there is a mention of "Nesbitt Orange Drink Center", something I'm not sure I recall hearing about before.
Next is this 1958 brochure insert advertising five days for the price of three. Such a deal! In fact, it's America's Greatest Vacation Value.
Check in Sunday, check out Friday! With five days, you would be able to enjoy all of the amenities. Stay away from the wading pool (little kids and pools, you know). And you'd even have time to venture out, away from Anaheim to fish for giant grouper, ride a horse, or hit the links. What are you waiting for?? My annoying watermark obscures a date stamp, "November 20, 1958".
I hope you have enjoyed today's Vintage Disneyland Ephemera!
EXTRA! EXTRA!
GDB friend DW noticed that two photos from Friday's post looked like they could be merged into a panoramic view - so he went ahead and did it! It turned out remarkably well. THANKS, DW!
Major-
ReplyDeleteThe Spring Fling ran from 1962 thru 1974.
WOW... sign me up immediately for the 5 for 3 package-! It's obvious from the Sept 15th thru June 1st dates, occupancy at the Disneyland Hotel dropped-off following the summer months. Sounds positively lovely, though.
Thanks to DW for 'widening' one of yesterday's views. Truly stunning.
Thanks, Major.
A clockwork, ticker tape spewing knight.... Well OK then. With the brochure being orange in color, I think there's a "Clockwork Orange" joke in there somewhere. I like the whimsical style of the characters. And I vaguely remember this from your earlier post, although I wasn't commenting here at the time.
ReplyDelete"pets are not permitted inside the Park"! Not even 'emotional support animals'? Whatever will those fragile people do?!?! Of course, there were no 'emotional support animals' in 1964. It would be another 50 years or so before that concept would be dreamed up. Did they allow 'seeing-eye dogs'?
1958: Aren't those the same little illustrations we've seen on other Disney brochures? The Flying Dumbos in particular, look the same to me. Not complaining, just curious.
"Cocktail Lounge" = Playground for Adults.
Feral cats and sandboxes... you know.
Wow, nice panoramic stitchery, DW! I'm adding it to my Disney Stuff folder. Thanks!
Thanks for showing us more of your vintage collection, Major.
I'd like to know exactly where in Frontierland, that "Malt Shop" was located. I guess "Fan 1" and "Fan 2" were being referred to as "Food Centers." I only remember them being listed as "Character Food Stands." "Food Center" sounds more like a grocery store.
ReplyDeleteNice ephemera, Major! And nice panorama, DW! Thanks!
Major-
ReplyDeleteAlso, that Nesbitt's Orange Drink Center you were wondering about is located at the Stockade on Tom Sawyer Island.
TOKYO : the Frontierland malt shop would be the WHEELHOUSE … technically the OAKS TAVERN also sold malts before becoming the STAGE DOOR CAFE… but the WHEELHOUSE was designated as a “malt shop” … but in its later years only milkshakes were available.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that info, Mike! I would much rather have a malt, over a shake. But I think most people these days wouldn't know the difference. Ruby's Diners still make malts. I'm not sure where else you could get one.
ReplyDeleteYeah some fiends and I had a discussion about that very same thing … : lots of places ( people) don’t know the difference between a malt and a milkshake ….anymore - and just think they are the same. Likewise with Ginger Ale : if you ask if they have it … they say YES and give you “Sprite” . About a month ago I felt like I was on another planet when a a Jack In The Box I had to explain what a “root beer float” was !!??? They seriously had no idea what I was talking about …. It was crazy. I had ordered them from the same location since the 70’s!! But now they don’t know what it is. They attempted to make one for me …after I explained what it was … and how to make one … and they did it wrong and made a massive mess … they filled the cup up - packed it with vanilla ice cream half way , then poured rootbeer into the cup : I did not see that at first … so when I plunged the straw into the cup … there was no air between the ice cream and carbonation… so the rootbeer literally spewed outta the cup through the straw like a sticky wet messy geyser!!! That’s the brilliance and ingenuity 30 dollars an hour gets people in California now!
ReplyDeleteMajor, there’s no end to these little flyers, so much fun. On the cover, Mom looks like Betty Rubble. Ticker tape from a suit of armor?, somebody had an anchovy, peanut butter & onion sandwich the night that was dreamed up.
ReplyDeleteWow, Nesbitts! There’s a name I’ve not heard for many years. That orange soda was part of every summer. Thanks for the info about the location, Nanook.
Tinker belle's pixie dust has swirled up all those rides so none of them are level. Must get old having to reset everything. And not only do we get the cute little clip art sketches of Disney rides, we get fishing, golf and horse versions too. I see that “golf privileges” are available, must refer to a local course off site that allows guests?
And DW knocks it out of the Park with that great panorama. Mars Attacks girl walking into the future, what a shot.
Thanks Major (and DW)!!
JG
Nanook, for some reason I am very fond of Spring Fling items and try to add such things to my collection. They don’t come along that often, but I have some good ones.
ReplyDeleteJB, yes, go ahead and make a Clockwork Orange joke, it goes well with Disneyland! I’ll bet Walt would have made that movie if he could have. I am outraged that my emotional support Grizzly would not be allowed into the park, and will have to write a stern letter to the editors of Parade magazine. The public shall know my wrath, oh yea! Yes, those spot illustrations have been used on many other publications.
TokyoMagic!, I’m actually not sure I’ve ever had a malt. I’ve had plenty of milkshakes! “Food Center” is a sort of sterile phrase, but I guess all a person needs to know is that there is food there.
Nanook, I guess you could have Coke on one half of the park, Pepsi on the other, and Nesbitt’s could have Tom Sawyer Island?
Mike Cozart, dang, now I really want a milkshake - at 9:30 in the morning.
TokyoMagic!, I believe that the difference between a malt and a milkshake is that malts have melamine added.
Mike Cozart, it seems hard to believe that people don’t know what ginger ale is. The traditional thing to drink on an airplane! I’ve had “hot” ginger ales, not sure I love them, but it’s interesting anyway. I wouldn’t be too upset if I got a Sprite, but it’s not the same for sure. I had no idea you could get a root beer float at Jack in the Box. I’m sure there are many young people who’ve never had one. Packing the cup halfway with ice cream sounds nice - but not the resulting mess.
JG, you aren’t kidding, there are hundreds of vintage flyers from Disneyland. I have a lot, but there are always those rare ones to be looked for! I used to be very picky and only wanted flyers from the “Walt years”, but then I expanded to the 1970s, and there are some that are quite fun - I love the little ones handed out at the gate with a list of the various entertainment and special events, some of those have very fun graphics, and certain styles were used for a single summer, and then never used again. I just saw a photo of a 1955 billboard for Disneyland that had those exact same Dumbo illustrations, only they are the size of a car, and pink!
I too wondered if malts were still a thing. I forget to ask for a malt anymore. Nice pano, thanks DW, and I see Orange Lady is still wearing that outfit 3 days later. It was Nehi around here in the 50s. I know of Nesbitts but don't recall ever having it. I worked at Jack in the Box in the 70s and we had little 2 inch squares of ice cream that we put in the Root Beer. I'm gonna search out a 'malted' next time I'm out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Major for the ephemera and passing on DWs Pano.
Zach
A Malt is a milkshake with malted milk powder added . in California DAIRY QUEEN , BASKIN ROBBIN’S and BREWSTERS still offer “malts”. CARLS JR. Used to offer them but no longer … I think a few years ago when media was big on revealing calorie content they got dinged with lots of high caloric menu items. But people drink the “coffee” at Starbucks which is really not coffee but sugar - coffee milkshakes with each drink having calorie count equal to a full-size wedding cake!!
ReplyDeleteI was anonymous- don’t know why it showed as that …
ReplyDeletezach, these days I try to avoid things like milkshakes, etc, as much as I love them! I was at a restaurant the other day and two pre-teens at the next table had big frosty milkshakes, MAN they looked good. And only 1500 calories! Right after high school I went to the neighborhood Jack in the Box, and a school acquaintance was working the drive-through window. “Don’t eat here!” he said, with a very serious expression. So I didn’t. That time!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, I know what a malt is, I just don’t know if I’ve had one. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with knowing the calorie count of a meal you might order (I think sometimes the number would shock people), at least a customer is informed. I’m not a coffee drinker, but on rare occasions I would go with friends to get frapuccinos at Starbucks. Delicious! But as you said, an incredible calorie count.
Mike Cozart, I knew it was you!
I remember Carnation Malts at a movie theater snack bar. They came frozen in a paper cup; you pulled the lid off and ate with a little wooden spoon.
ReplyDeleteAppreciate that the text promises a pretty tour guide. What was the policy on a group consisting of one wolf?
Apropos of nothing: Disney owns the 20th Century Fox vault, so why not fold in the IP?:
ReplyDelete-- JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, made after Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and stars James Mason too. DisneySea has cool rides for both, so why can't we?
-- DOCTOR DOLITTLE, the honking big 60s musical with Rex Harrison. I see a new holiday overlay for the Jungle Cruise.
-- FANTASTIC VOYAGE, which would make a really swell motion sim ... Never mind.
-- SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES, the theme of a real audience participation character dining experience.
Love today's ephemera, Major--and DW's fantastic pano-shot. I also love Mike's root beer float story.....sorry, Mike, but you made me chuckle--thinking about the explosive mess.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of malts, if you have a Culver's near you, I recommend a vanilla malt. Simply delicious!