Two Tomorrowland Beauties
I have a pair of beauties for you today! Starting with this Skyway view from August, 1962. It is POSTCARD WORTHY! I suspect that the picture was taken a few months earlier, but one never knows; I think of Summer days as being cloudless and the skies as almost a milky-white. It's a swell view looking down on Tomorrowland, with the Astro Jets, the Space Bar, the Melvyn Douglas Moonliner, the Wenmac Flight Circle, and in the distance, Melodyland.
Next is a scan from a slide dated "July 4th, 1964". July 4th?? It was a Saturday, and the park was open from 9:00 AM until 1:00 AM. Temperatures - a high of 80º, and a low of 55º. Attendance was 60,917 - pretty durn crowded. (Thanks as always to Jason's Disneyland Almanac for these statistics). A woman poses by the Clock of the World, surrounded by State flags and attraction posters. There's not a cloud in the sky! Perfect for nighttime fireworks.
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Melodyland looks like they accidentally put Space Mountain too far away. "I dunno, Earl. The blueprint clearly says to put it right here."
Beautiful photo. Just think of all the copper that went into that Skyway gondola! ;-)
This is an exceptionally sharp and clear photo featuring the Clock of the World. Several NASA guys in this pic, but I think they're all guests. Mildred, shading her eyes, is asking her husband Earl (all the guys in today's pics are named Earl), "Let me know when you're going to take the photo." Earl, "I just took it!". Mildred, "Oh for land's sakes. I had my hand up, trying to see if you were ready to take the picture!"
The title of today's post perfectly describes the photos. Thanks, Major.
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