POSTERAMA 10 (special black light edition)

At last, it's the event that nobody has been waiting for!

I am a Disneyland attraction poster enthusiast, no doubt about it. Way back in June, I shared a photo of my "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" poster; in the comments, Tim of Vintage Disneyland Tickets wondered how it might look under a black light. SO... I dusted off my old black light, and set up several posters to see what kind of results I could get. It was tricky, and due to the long exposure times (about 25 seconds!), a tripod was an absolute necessity. But it was a fun experiment, and the outcome was interesting.

First off, let's see that 20K Leagues poster! As you can see, only the pink lettering fluoresces. Something tells me that the poster was never displayed under a black light; the hot-pink ink was probably used because it "pops" nearly as much in daylight. (Chris, when you return we need to check your poster again!).


Now this is more like it! The rare "Space Station X-1" poster looks pretty amazing thanks to the magic of ultraviolet light! Due to the black background, it looks fairly "glowy" even under regular illumination... but there is something wonderful about the little "city lights" on Earth's surface glowing like tiny embers. I would not be surprised if this one was displayed under a black light, perhaps inside the attraction itself. We may never know for sure...


I'll have more black light fun for you coming up in a future post!