The Horn That Matters, May 1960
I admit that today's scans are not that exciting (to put it mildly). When I placed them in front of my "Snoozometer" (built at Cal Tech), the numbers were high. Do you know what I say? Dang the numbers! DANG THEM TO HECK! This particular photographer took no less than six photos of the Swiss cheese mountain, so you know that he was impressed, and maybe even gobsmacked.
Even in this somewhat murky and too-blue image, we can see that the stone of the mountain is much darker than we are used to; as I've posited in the past, I'll bet that somebody decided that a lighter tone would impart more of an "aerial perspective" effect, and I have to agree with that person. BOBSLED ALERT! Bet all your money on the lottery today! (Editor's note: don't actually do that).
This next one might be 1.3% more interesting, and only because of the umbrellas (and that one orange tree full of fruit). Oh alright, the portion of the House of the Future is OK too. There's no bobsled in this one however (or can we see the tippety-tip of a bobsled in the same place as in the previous picture?).
2 comments:
Major-
I vote for the 'tippety-tip' of the bobsled. Also on display are the Submarine and Matterhorn attraction posters.
Thanks, Major.
Wow. These are the strangest Matterhorn pics I've seen, color-wise. It looks more like Chernabog's Bald Mountain than the Matterhorn, which one associates with happy yodelers and serene alphorn players. The top half looks fine, but the bottom half? Hoo boy. So dark! I suppose the darkness is due to fading and discoloration of the slide, but...
Hmm, that might be the tippety-tip of a bobsled. But it seems like we've seen that light colored sliver of a thing in other photos as well. At least we have a Skyway bucket! And yes, the umbrellas do look nice. And that orange tree looks fantastic! I'm still getting Chernabog vibes from this picture though.
I tried putting the two photos side-by-side and crossing my eyes to see if they looked 3-D... results were inconclusive, so... not really.
With Halloween not that far away (I've been buying and eating Halloween candy since August), I guess these slightly creepy views of the Matterhorn fit right in. Thanks, Major.
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