Plantation House, June 1959

The Chicken Plantation was a landmark feature of Frontierland for the first eight years of the park's existence. When you saw it from the front, it had the look of an antebellum mansion. But this photo shows it from the back (or "Hacienda") side. As you can see, it shows a more southwestern influence, with whitewashed adobe instead of columns and ornate cast iron. Photos from this perspective are relatively scarce, so even though this one is a bit wonky, it's worth a look!


This one is from the same lot, and shows a lone Indian Canoe skimming along the Rivers of America. From this angle, you might not even guess that this photo was snapped inside one of the most popular amusement park in the world; the Imagineers have done an impressive job of evoking the frontier.