tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post7082129953908996754..comments2024-03-28T00:37:20.261-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: "Rediscovered Treasures" or Rescans?Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-39397729259944061522016-01-14T13:16:13.818-08:002016-01-14T13:16:13.818-08:00Nanook, I really love that one too, and was so sur...Nanook, I really love that one too, and was so sure I had scanned it years ago. And yet… I can’t find it on the blog or in what I laughingly call my “archives”. Glad you liked these!<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, joke’s on you… the Skyway bucket was the only thing in that photo… I Photoshopped in everything else.<br /><br />Chuck, it seems so crazy that admission to the park was so low (even after adjusting it for inflation). I’ve often wondered if somebody showed up with a priest’s collar, could they get that big big clergyman’s discount? Or did they have to recite a bible passage as proof?<br /><br />Anonymous, wow, I didn’t know that the castle was ever visible from the freeway… I thought that the berm would have hidden it. But maybe in the early years, it was so empty around the park that you could see all kinds of things.<br /><br />Nanook, I am looking forward to the day when I have to make a lunch reservation 6 months ahead of time, like they do at WDW.<br /><br />KS, I think it WAS a bargain, without question.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-26813842967272707272016-01-14T10:20:57.239-08:002016-01-14T10:20:57.239-08:00I can remember the days of 25-50 cent parking and ...I can remember the days of 25-50 cent parking and $2 general admission. Seemed like a bargain even then. KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-52671344281604859202016-01-14T08:34:07.741-08:002016-01-14T08:34:07.741-08:00@ Anonymous-
You know Disney - always keeping thi...@ Anonymous-<br /><br />You know Disney - always keeping things simple-!Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-43740150294757344532016-01-14T06:57:19.844-08:002016-01-14T06:57:19.844-08:00The castle being the tallest thing in the second p...The castle being the tallest thing in the second photo reminded me that way back when, the castle could easily be seen from the freeway.<br /><br />Re prices, admission prices have gone from 90 cents to 90 dollars. Disneyland's pricing mantra seems to be, "To infinity, and beyond!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-31797245458213260892016-01-14T05:11:33.545-08:002016-01-14T05:11:33.545-08:00Major, that guy in the second photo is pushing a c...<br />Major, that guy in the second photo is pushing a cart full of fresh, steaming meadow muffins. Unfortunately, they didn't sell well and were quietly discontinued in late 1958.<br /><br />Nanook, I wasn't able to find a definitive guide to Disneyland admission pricing (I seem to remember seeing one once, but can't find it now), but using photographic evidence we can place it in the 1956-59 timeframe.<br /><br />While adult admission was $1 on Opening Day, it dropped to 90¢ in the summer of 1956 with the repeal of the 10% Federal Admissions Tax (http://matterhorn1959.blogspot.com/2010/02/things-from-gate-1956-price-reduction.html).<br /><br />This photo shows prices unchanged in July of 1958 (http://www.davelandweb.com/entrance/images/50s/KTPBKYC_7_58_N30B.jpg), but by 1959 adult and student/serviceman/clergy admission had risen to at least $1 (hard to read in this photo, but the best I could find: http://www.davelandweb.com/entrance/images/50s/75_Kodachrome_9_7_59_N02b.jpg).<br /><br />(Many thanks to Dave DeCaro and Matterhorn1959 for sharing their collections with us and making this research possible!)Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-44857462301185933492016-01-14T02:12:33.282-08:002016-01-14T02:12:33.282-08:00I also love that Skyway bucket and the way it look...I also love that Skyway bucket and the way it looks "photoshopped" into the picture.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-85983002496798365402016-01-14T00:13:58.612-08:002016-01-14T00:13:58.612-08:00Major-
Both of these images are gems - but the fi...Major-<br /><br />Both of these images are gems - but the first one is really "a honey"-! The lighting, the time of day and the camera angle, all make for this great image. (Now, who has access to General Admission prices so the photo can be reasonably-dated-??)<br /><br />Also, love the Skyway bucket, seemingly floating in space in the 2nd image.<br /><br />Thanks, Major, for the 're-discoveries'-!Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com