tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post1722703711435851716..comments2024-03-28T16:44:05.806-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: The RiverfrontMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-10042476698412415572018-05-29T17:21:21.347-07:002018-05-29T17:21:21.347-07:00Nice shots, Major. I was out of town on a mini-vac...Nice shots, Major. I was out of town on a mini-vacation which is rare for me so my regular morning routine is refreshing. Thank you.Patrick Devlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-6578872405774941802018-05-29T12:34:49.256-07:002018-05-29T12:34:49.256-07:00I have the wiglet my Mom's twin used to wear t...I have the wiglet my Mom's twin used to wear to the office in the sixties. It's made of human hair, and it's designed to sit on the crown of the head and add height to your beehive. She used to drop it off to get styled once a week. I've never worn it. I have a handful of synthetic hair clip-ons, but I only wear them in shows.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-85274615516612508192018-05-29T11:37:36.644-07:002018-05-29T11:37:36.644-07:00Nanook, I think we all secretly wish that our hair...Nanook, I think we all secretly wish that our hair formed oblate spheroids. But the ozone layer can’t take it! And yeah, what IS that thing on that woman’s head? I could figure it out. Maybe it’s a bow? As for the “War Canoes”, I originally planned to check to make sure that was right, but… you know how it goes.<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, wiglets are so weird. We used to have a teacher who wore several different varieties; we called her “Wiggy” behind her back. Speaking of Bob’s Big Boy, I went to a Bob’s for the first time in years. It was awesome!<br /><br />Jonathan, “madras plaid”… I learned something today! Never heard that term (as far as I know) before. The 70’s is odd, because you do see some people who look kind of great. But by and large, the styles are pretty bad.<br /><br />Melissa, I’d like to think that they gave each other a secret high sign as they passed each other. Waving fingers beneath one’s chin, or something like that.<br /><br />K. Martinez, I mostly miss the “frontier” feeling that is long gone from most of Frontierland. Much of the riverbank is more like “Overdevelopedland”.<br /><br />K. Martinez, I didn’t even notice that the lamp posts appeared in both photos!<br /><br />Tom, you mean the prog-rock band from Manchester?? ;-)<br /><br />Jonathan, can’t she be BOTH?<br /><br />JG, that lady doesn’t ever need to wear a bike helmet thanks to her bulletproof hair.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-24623823585365843532018-05-29T10:10:14.800-07:002018-05-29T10:10:14.800-07:00Photos from the era when you could almost believe ...Photos from the era when you could almost believe the River was real.<br /><br />Beautiful pics, even the chrome dome.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-29702134295633389212018-05-29T08:37:58.541-07:002018-05-29T08:37:58.541-07:00@Mellissa I am so embarassed, I thought she was th...@Mellissa I am so embarassed, I thought she was the Duchess of Lemmon!JC Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266914255406912159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-26202699524969606042018-05-29T08:37:03.890-07:002018-05-29T08:37:03.890-07:00I'm pretty sure that's a Van de Graaff gen...I'm pretty sure that's a Van de Graaff generator just in front of Mr Elbows. The brushed aluminum gives it away. In the mid sixties it was all the rage to bring your scientific apparatus to theme parks.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14726949166373732451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-72543552000147247752018-05-29T08:07:57.472-07:002018-05-29T08:07:57.472-07:00One more thing. I love how the photographer captu...One more thing. I love how the photographer captured a lamppost in the foreground of each pic. Gives is a nice touch. It'd make a nice dimensional ViewMaster reel image.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-90310523015094239282018-05-29T08:02:36.923-07:002018-05-29T08:02:36.923-07:00Pre-Big Thunder Mountain is my favorite era of Fro...Pre-Big Thunder Mountain is my favorite era of Frontierland. Nice pics today! Thanks, Major.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-75829255747090267332018-05-29T07:23:56.395-07:002018-05-29T07:23:56.395-07:00The Banana Princess and the Olive Queen are NOT on...The Banana Princess and the Olive Queen are NOT on speaking terms.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-34677519818751847372018-05-29T07:16:32.111-07:002018-05-29T07:16:32.111-07:00I agree, it looks like a perfect day on the river ...I agree, it looks like a perfect day on the river front. Madras plaid was all the rage in the mid 60s and yours truely had one as well. Fashion in the 60s was pretty cool... And then the 70s came and all couture went down the white throne. Love today's scans, thank you Major.JC Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266914255406912159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-86042525311375171762018-05-29T01:23:07.791-07:002018-05-29T01:23:07.791-07:00Nanook, since you pointed it out, I'm now noti...Nanook, since you pointed it out, I'm now noticing that the back of that woman's hair doesn't match the top. I wonder if that was a wig cap (wiglet?) like the waitresses at Bob's Big Boy used to wear back in the day.<br /><br />Old #40 is wearing light blue socks. Was that a thing in the sixties? I just saw a 1960's pic from the "Vintage L.A." Facebook page that showed a guy wearing light blue socks. Now, I did the very same thing in the eighties, but it was only to color coordinate them with my light blue Le Tigre sweater, of course.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-68634208612166269032018-05-29T00:14:12.847-07:002018-05-29T00:14:12.847-07:00Major-
The Rivers of America look just lovely in ...Major-<br /><br />The Rivers of America look just lovely in these images. But it [they-?] are in danger of being upstaged by 1960's hairstyles. As you point out in the first image - although it's unlikely any hairdresser referred to that style as an "oblate spheroid"; but if the shoe fits... (Where else but at GDB, I ask you-?) And in that second image, 'ol #40 is dangerously close to being upstaged by that ladies hair, and that black elastic-? band, with 'white medallion', surrounding the whole getup. Oh - and as this image is from 1969, we can still refer to the canoes as the <i>Indian War Canoes</i>-!<br /><br />Thanks, Major, for these beautiful images.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com