Swiss Family Treehouse, May 1971
THANK YOU to every man and woman who has served our country and who gave their lives for all of us.
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Here are two nice shots from the Swiss Family Treehouse, plus one mystery photo! These are all date-stamped "May, 1971".
As a kid, the Rube Goldberg plumbing system was endlessly fascinating, if I'd been able, I would have probably gaped at it for 15 minutes. Did the treehouse in the Disney movie have such a system? It's been decades since I've seen it. Whoever cooked it up hopefully got a $1.00 an hour raise (that's $300 in today's money). I'm very glad some of the waterworks have returned to the new Treehouse, though they were not working the last time I was there.
From up in the branches we catch a view toward Fantsyland, with the spires of the Castle, and of course the Mighty Matterhorn gleaming in the sunshine.
This final jpeg was in the same lot, with the same date, and at first I tried and tried to imagine where it could be. "Judging from the height it must have been taken from the upper deck of the Mark Twain!". But I finally realized that it can't be Disneyland, no matter how hard I tried to make it fit. Unless I'm wrong! Any idea where this actually is?
4 comments:
Major-
Love the shot with the Matterhorn. I too find it hard to believe the final image is from Disneyland, but...
Thanks, Major - and let me join you in honoring the men and women who serve our country.
In the first photo, we can see the cast member taking "B" Coupons. But there appear to be three buttons on his little "podium" and it looks like he is pushing one of them. What's that all about? I would assume that the ticket takers didn't have to individually count guests coming through.....wasn't that done automatically by the turnstiles? Hopefully someone will chime in and let us know. KS?
Oh, I see now that the guest has one hand on the metal bar of the turnstile. So maybe the cast member was pressing the button that sent an electrical charge to the turnstile. And maybe the other buttons were labeled, "Squirt Guest's Pants With Water" and "Drop Rubber Spider On Guest's Head." ;-)
Thank you, Major! And yes, thank you to all the servicemen and women who have served or are currently serving.
I like the mood that the lighting imparts. The photo's a bit murky, but we get the gist. I do believe that the movie Treehouse had the same, or nearly the same, plumbing system as the Disneyland Treehouse. It's amazing what an industrious Swiss family can construct with some bamboo and various ship parts.
It's almost startling to see that giant snowcapped Mountain jutting up into the sky! And the Castle almost looks to scale if we assume that the Matterhorn is off in the misty distance. Nice picture, framed by all the foliage (even if it's fake).
Hmm, maybe this is an arboretum, someplace? That sign, near the center (we can only see the back of it), looks like it could be describing various types of trees and flowers. Or maybe it just says, "Restrooms" with a pointing arrow. At any rate, there do seem to be a lot of different kinds of trees and flowers here. It seems odd that those people would be walking on the grass, not on the paved path.
Tokyo!, I like your guesses about the buttons. :-D
Thanks, Major. Mystery photos are fun, even if we can't solve the mystery.
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