50s Randos
Randos! You never know what you're going to get with randos. It could be a photo of somebody's big toe, or a picture of the Tomorrowland Spaceman eating a Zagnut bar. You don't see either of those fascinating subjects today, but I think you'll like them anyway.
Here's a neat undated slide featuring one a Rainbow Mountain Stagecoach rumbling along the trail right next to the Rivers of America. Perhaps somebody on the Mark Twain saw it pass and thought that it was worthy of a photo. The Stagecoaches ran from June 26, 1956 until September 13, 1959. The landscaping looks kind of scraggly and undeveloped, so I'm guessing that this photo is from earlier in the attractions' run.
Next is this nice (undated) photo of a Mom and her son on the Tomorrowland Autopia. Those little cars took a beating, even with the springy surrounding bumpers. Notice on the side, below the steering wheel, you can see the external brake lever that Cast Members could step on, for safety's sake. I love all of the Bob Gurr Autopia designs (even the ones that he disparages), but the Mark I thru IV (essentally visually the same) are classic beauties.
3 comments:
Major-
There's no mistaking those 'matching noses' in the Autopia image. A shout-out to the sunglasses, also.
Thanks, Major.
The Stagecoach photo looks, for all the world, like a miniature scene you would see from the Storybook Land Canal Boats. Which would make the rest of Disneyland, seen off to the right, also a miniature. Which would make the Canal Boats ride a miniature within a miniature. And so on, and so forth.
Despite a slight blurriness, the Stagecoach looks very clear here.
I'm guessing all the smudginess around the brake lever is caused by the CMs haphazardly stepping on the lever. The little kid sitting next to mom (or is it grandma?) has dragonfly eyes! I like the rounded, mouth-like front ends of the cars.
Still waiting for that "big toe" Rando. Thanks, Major.
JB, I bet there’s a big pumpkin sitting on that road—maybe just out-of-view, to the right.
My dad loved the stagecoaches in Disneyland.
Thanks, Major, for the ‘Then-and-Now Transportation Rando’s.’
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