Frontierland at Dusk, June 1962
After a day of stomping around Disneyland beneath the bright sun, one can feel a real change in atmosphere when evening approaches. There's no more squinting, no more feeling the urge to sit on a hot rock (this is for the lizards who read GDB), and generally feeling more relaxed. Both of today's photos were taken during the last hour (or so) of daylight.
A mother and daughter hold hands as they head toward the queue structure for the Columbia sailing ship (or the Mark Twain). "I want to see the shiny boy on the canoe!", the girl laughs. "I like the burning settler's cabin!", says the mother (who might be a budding arsonist). There is truly something for everyone. Editor's note: I just happen to be wearing pink pants today. HARD FACTS.
5 comments:
Major-
Dusk is definitely a magical time at Disneyland. After closer inspection, now realize the "1962" date for today's post is where the typo resides. (No God-fearing Mom would be caught dead wearing such a 'loud' outfit in 1962-!) Nor was there a French Market in 1962.
Thanks, Major.
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say these two photos are from 1972 instead of 1962. People in '62 looked like people in the fifties, mostly. These folks look too trippy and groovy for 1962.
In the first pic we can see a green Mickey balloon with undersized vestigial ears. In the center of the photo is Margaret Hamilton, wearing dark glasses so nobody will recognize her. But she can't fool me.
You mentioned how the red and yellow shirts 'pop' in the 2nd picture. And I agree, the bright colorful clothing is the best part of this photo. Since this is so close to nightfall, I'm thinking this is the last Canoe ride of the day. (Don't the Canoes close at dusk?) This is a very nice you-are-there photo.
Now that I've refreshed the page, I see that Nanook also notes the date discrepancy.
Regardless of the date, these are nice photos for people watching and you-are-there-ing. Thanks, Major.
NANOOK: you are correct sir!
JB: you are also correct sir!
Yes : canoes did close at dusk … but I think this is the first time I’ve seen guests in the canoes this late … maybe the line moved slow and they had to cycle the guests already in the que… today the canoes and Tom sawyers island would never operate at the same time the evening lights came on. Of course “CRANTAMSIC - presented by Ocean Spray has ruined these magic hours around Frontierland & New Orleans Square.
That was CRANTASMIC!!
This very well could be 1962, and what we might be seeing in the second pic is the "pop-up" for New Orleans Square, when Walt wanted to give the idea a test run, and see how popular it might be. "Pop-up" shops and restaurants were very trendy in the early 1960s, just like pillbox hats and the "Jackie" look. ;-)
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