Two Beauties From September, 1964
Happy Friday everybody! I have a pair of beauties for you as a way to kick-start your weekend - get it going on a positive note. You're welcome.
Let's start right out front, a small child is all alone, probably smoking a cigarette. Don't worry, it's only a little cigarette! She is drawn to those posters, which demonstrates the power of good graphics. I covet that Flying Saucer poster so much, it's not even funny. Well, it might be a little funny. In front of Main Street Station is the venerable E.P. Ripley. Sure, it was only built nine years earlier, but it was still venerable. And don't those yellow passenger cars look great? Who cares if you couldn't see out of those tiny windows very well? It looks like it was a beautiful September afternoon (nearly four o'clock, if you can believe the chronometer on the station).
Next is an exciting view of Tomorrowland as our Skyway gondola is launched into the pristine Anaheim sky. The guy right in the center of the picture is all by himself because he spits a lot when he talks. Sort of like Sylvester the cat. The red three-car Monorail ("Li'l Stubby") charms us as it zooms by in the distance. Let's take a closer look at what's going on below, shall we?
A sailor appears to be with his Best Gal. He is relieved that he was tall enough to ride the Submarine Voyage (that's what those two arched metal dealies helped ascertain). Screechy the Eagle ignores us, but he's always grouchy. I love the wonderful mid-century vibe of 1960s Tomorrowland!
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Major-
WOW... look at that clean concrete wall beneath the attraction posters - there's nary a rust stain in sight-!
"The guy right in the center of the picture is all by himself because he spits a lot when he talks". A friend of my grandparents - Eddie Schmidt (we don't have to make thhis stuff up...) had an issue with his mouth/teeth/something, that caused him to generate a ton of saliva, and he needed a handkerchief at the ready to prevent him from assailing nearby folks with "a spray", as it were. No fun for him - but an awfully nice [and funny] guy-!
"He is relieved that he was tall enough to ride the Submarine Voyage (that's what those two arched metal dealies helped ascertain)". Do you not mean The Senior Autopia-? And as for his 'gal pal', her hairdo height permitted her to 'cheat', thus allowing her to pilot her own Autopia vehicle-!
Thanks, Major.
Hello, sailor! I can't tell if the guy in Skyway bucket #12 is also wearing some kind of military uniform, or if he's just got his own sense of style going on. Looking at the two little girls with long ponytails, it looks like the taller one is about to pull the ponytail of the shorter one.
From just the right angle, the triangular yellow signs kind of look like cheesehead hats.
Little miss cigarette smoker's shirt is open in the back; which seems odd. Was that a thing back then? I'm pretty sure she couldn't unfasten it herself.
Yep, there's a mighty sailin' man in the middle of the crowd. Not sure if there's a skipper around, but we know that he would be brave and sure. Screechy looks kinda small here, maybe it's because of its apparent closeness to the Skyway bucket. I just noticed that Screechy is flying toward the Matterhorn. I'm sure that's where its nest is. There are a lot of our favorite things in this photo!
Nice sunny pictures, Major. Thanks.
Major: look carefully : that’s a 4-car red MARK 2 Monorail…..
The 3-car red Monorail was actually nicknamed “POKEY” - not because it was slow …. But because several monorail pilots had eyes gouged out in accidents ….
This early 60’s Tomorrowland was pretty nice … but 1967 is going to kick theming up LIGHTYEARS AHEAD!
JB, yeah, there was a fashion for toddlers' shirts that were basically aprons. I have a vintage sewing pattern for one somewhere. They were usually worn with matching shorts or little bloomers
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