Randos
I have a pair of Randos for you today, though they are not very inspiring - perhaps I should have classified them as Snoozles™. But what's done is done. Both of these were found in boxes of slides, the only Disneyland examples in each case. Mighty suspicious if you ask me.
First up is this view (from June, 1970) of a newkewlar submarine as it glided not-so-quietly through liquid space. The photographer was aboard the Peoplemover, and it's good to know that there was no way he would accidentally plunge into the lagoon. Zooming in I can see that the name is "Sea-something", probably "Sea Gorilla" - the most feared gorillas of all.
Next, from an undated slide, here's an interesting (?) view looking along the bowsprit of the Columbia. As most of you know, the bowsprit was used to frighten angry, troublesome whales and walruses - they took one look at that pointy thing and headed for the hills (which is a weird thing for a whale or walrus to do). This photo reminds me of my years at sea, singing shanties, carving vegan scrimshaw (aka "wood"), drinking grog, and getting scurvy. Fun times!
4 comments:
Major-
Both are interesting slides, but I like how the submarine seems so far away and thanks to the Peoplemover railings, looks quite secure down below.
Thanks, Major.
Not sure why, but the Sea Gorilla looks like a small model here. Maybe it's the angle. We're looking down at it as if it were a toy in a pond. That reminds me, when I was a little kid (child, not a goat), of a submarine we got from mailing in cereal boxtops. It was only about 3" long and powered by stuffing a bit of baking soda into a small metal cup underneath the sub. We placed the sub in the bathroom sink and it would alternately sink, and rise back up, due to the baking soda generating bubbles.
I bet that bowsprit also worked as a decoy to lure in narwhals. It IS a somewhat interesting photo. The geometric shapes (light and shadow) of the sails are pleasing to look at. Plus, there's the blue sky. And the image has nice color and sharp focus.
Your Randos could be grouped together as a nautical theme. Thanks, Major.
JB, I remember the toy submarines that you put a white tablet in, and it did the same thing as yours. I was about 5 and recall being at a friend's house (a little boy's) and he had one of those subs and was showing me how it worked...we were on the outside of the tub -- leaning over the edge of the tub and dropping the sub into the bathwater. "DIVE....DIVE...DIVE...." *alarm sound*
Major, is it possible that last slide is from your Worm family batch?
Thanks, Major.
Wow, it sounds like that last pic ended up in the right box of slides and with the right new owner. I think most people would not know that it was taken at Disneyland.
Thanks for sharing these Randos with us, Major!
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