Going through a box of slides, I found one hand-labeled, "Disneyland, August, 1964". Eureka! Hey, wait a minute... this isn't Disneyland! It's that crazy World's Fair in New York. I'm walkin' here! Perhaps the person who wrote the label held the slide up to a nearby window, saw Alice and the White Rabbit and that was enough to make an ID. But we know that this group is in front of the UNICEF/Pepsi pavilion, where "It's a Small World" drew in millions of guests (a tiny bit of the supports for the Tower of the Four Winds can barely be seen). The Schaefer Center is to the left in the background.
Next is this nice perspective (dated "October, 1959") showing the vehicle load area for the Matterhorn, with NINE bobsled's, for a cornucopia of good luck. I love the different colors on the bobsleds. I see what appears to be a black and white-striped trashcan (oil barrel?), was that the ticket stub receptacle?
I'll be out of town and away from my computer for the next few days. There will be new posts for you, as always, and I'll talk to you all when I get back!
I see the back of Mickey’s head in that first pic!
ReplyDeleteSafe travels, Major.
“Pepsi please.”
ReplyDeleteI’d like a sammich, too.
Major-
ReplyDelete"Say Pepsi please"... and Schaefer beer-!
"I see what appears to be a black and white-striped trashcan (oil barrel?), was that the ticket stub receptacle?"
Based on its co-location with an ashtray in THIS 1959 IMAGE, it's quite possible that's just what it is. It seems to have disappeared in later images. Mike-?
Thanks, Major.
For my money (not that I have much of that), the little blonde girl in the bottom right corner looks more like an 'Alice' than the official character does. Slap a light blue dress with a white pinafore on her and she's ready for prime time! Oh! There is also some sort of black vermin behind the White Rabbit... a bat, maybe. :-p
ReplyDeleteMy guess would be "ticket stub receptacle", mainly because an actual trashcan can be seen over to the right. I think there's another (red) Bobsled behind the three on the right. That makes TEN Bobsleds! The blue and yellow Bobsled (front left) is how I usually picture Matterhorn Bobsleds to look. Interesting how the brake pads(?), as seen between the tracks in the foreground, are covered in all sorts of Bobsled colors. Presumably due to the contact with the bottoms of the Sleds.
Sue, Ohhhh, the black vermin is Mickey?!?...... Mickey who? ;-D
Nanook, in the photo you linked to, the tough-looking guys with crew cuts look like they're probably football players. Maybe they played in the Rose Bowl that year?
Nice Randos, Major. Thanks.
Yeah, that can't be the real Alice, because the real one doesn't have short hair!
ReplyDeleteI would like to know how they use to transfer the bobsleds that weren't in use from the spur track, onto to the main track. They didn't have the current mechanism back then, which allows the spur track to just "slide" into place. Hopefully Mike knows and will chime in.
Thanks Major, and have a safe trip!