Sunday, September 18, 2011

POSTERAMA 20

Welcome to another edition of POSTERAMA! We're getting down to the last few examples in my collection. I kind of wish I had only done one poster at a time from the beginning (early on I'd share 3 or 4 in a single post) so that they would last longer - but there's nothing I can do about it now.


Today's featured poster is the one created for the Disneyland Hotel. The bold graphic design is pretty striking, even though this is generally considered to be one of the less desirable posters among collectors. Not by me, though! The triangle at the top contains a stylized map of the park (although Tomorrowland gets cut out). Had this been created a few years later, I'm sure the Monorail would have made an appearance, connecting the two segments.... in fact, it's a bit surprising that this wasn't done.

Anyway, the bottom triangle shows a playful representation of the hotel and its pools. Note that six inks were used in the printing of this example - light blue, dark blue, green, pink, gray, and black - with the white paper as the seventh "hue". Six colors is fairly typical.


I hope you've enjoyed today's POSTERAMA!

16 comments:

Chiana_Chat said...

That's fantastic!

Very striking with a conceptual clarity that is typically lacking in more recent times. It isn't as popular? Hrmph.

The fanciful cute teacups & the pool make me wanna go there.

Nancy said...

this poster is one of the pretty ones

i wish they would make a book on the posters like they did on the windows. would be interesting to know which artists did which ones. or maybe there is already (so much I still dont know...)

i like the open 7 days a week part. i would not have expected that here, even tho i well remember the days when stores werent open on Sunday

Vintage Disneyland Tickets said...

What a stunning poster! How can this be a "less desirable poster"? Are there a lot of them? Your's appears to be in excellent condition - great post, thanks for sharing!

SundayNight said...

As a kid I always wanted to stay at the Disneyland Hotel and take the Monorail into Disneyland. Never got to do it though. Love the graphics on this poster. The idea of cooling off in a pool after an afternoon of walking around Disneyland is so appealing. Of course you would need to spend at least 2 days at Disneyland in that case!

Anonymous said...

Nice poster. It definitely has that 1950's feel to it with the colors and the graphics. Pinks and blues.

Someone is selling one on ebay for $1500.00. It would be nice to have one, but I don't think I could bring myself to shell out $1500.00 for something that originally sold for under $5.00. It is all what you value I guess.

Connie Moreno said...

Major, that is uber cool and would look great on my livingroom wall. I am sure you will send it to me immediately because that's how you roll.

TokyoMagic! said...

As a child, I don't think I was really aware of this poster like I was the others. The first time I really remember seeing it was sometime in the eighties when it used to hang on the back wall of the Carnation Gardens seating area....and I have loved it ever since!

Major Pepperidge said...

Chiana, my guess is that this poster is not as popular because when people think "Disneyland", they mostly want to remember the rides and the feeling of the park. A relatively small percentage of guests have stayed at the Disneyland Hotel (I never did!). That's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

Nancy, supposedly a book about Disney attraction posters is on its way, perhaps to come out next year.

VDT, there are a few that seem to fetch lower prices and less interest from collectors, including "It's a Small World", the "Columbia" poster, and "Rocket Jets".

Anon, I have seen that one on ebay, and the $1500 price tag is wishful thinking in my opinion. Subtract $1000 and maybe the seller will be in the ballpark! As for the original low price, you can't really count that; so many of the most valuable collectibles of today were cheap back when they were new. I'm sure a Honus Wagner baseball card was a few cents when it was new; an "Action Comics #1" was maybe a dime.

Connie, haven't you received all of those other posters that I have mailed? ;-)

TM!, I would think that by the time we were kids, that Hotel poster would have been way out of date, and thus not used anymore. I'm even surprised that it was on the wall of the Carnation Gardens!

MIKE COZART said...

If everyone likes this poster, wait till you see the hand-painted fullsize poster concept for an unproduced sister poster to the Disneyland Hotel "Disneyland Magic Kingdom" this poster will be featured in the new attraction poster book on it's way with a slight dealy. Many of the concept posters were produced as handpainted prototypes and wait till you see this one!!! Uses a similar layout and colors, but focuses only on the Magic Kingdom.

Other artwork in this bokk will blow the minds of you poster fans out there.

Chiana_Chat said...

@ Mike, hope the book makes it out I'm looking forwards to it, and personally I hope the poster pages are big 'cause they'll be the closest I'm likely to get to an original poster.

Nanook said...

I always loved this poster and its colors but hated the vast expanse of white. Thanks to one of the best picture framers I've ever worked with, she managed to creatively add a split matte board using two colors, custom-color highlighted bevels and cut-in around the white areas to create one hellava framed poster. It happily delights me many times/day as I pass it going up and down the stairs of my house.

Major Pepperidge said...

Mike, I was already excited about the upcoming poster book, but now I am even MORE so! I love the idea of seeing the hand-painted prototypes. It sounds incredible.

Chiana, if this book is not a big coffee table book, I'm going to be a sad panda.

Nanook, I wish I could see a photo of your framed/matted poster, it sounds pretty cool.

Chiana_Chat said...

You take it gracefully, Maj. I'd be a Kung-Fu Panda.

Nancy said...

that is so cool! i had no idea, i just love books. thanks for saying so ;-)

Disney Echo said...

I believe the flags represent Tomorrowland of that era, so Tomorrowland is represented.

Major Pepperidge said...

Ha ha! Well, Disney Echo, you are correct. I'm not sure flags are what I would choose to represent all of Tomorrowland, though!