Birthday Time
It's Sunday, but it's not a Snoozle Sunday! It's our good friend Sue B's birthday, and I couldn't post a bunch of crummy pictures for the occasion. Luckily, she sent me some wonderful scans of herself at Disneyland (taken by her dad, Lou Perry), from an October, 1967 visit. Perfect timing!
There she is, in the Flower Market, with heaps of flowers behind her. I like her orange ensemble!
Next is this cute portrait of Sue in front of "It's a Small World", which was relatively new at the time (having opened on May 28th, 1966 - about 17 months before these pix were snapped). I wonder if this was Sue's first time seeing that attraction?
Next, Sue is captivated by the mechanical clock that is part of IASW's facade - something that I can relate to! Not only did I love watching this little free show, but I was always a little worried that I might miss it - in other words, I was happy to wait in line. Good job, Imagineers!
Alrighty, in addition to the photos that Sue sent, I'm going to post a few nice ones from my collection. These just happen to be dated "October, 1967"; it would have been amazing if Sue showed up in these pix, but no such luck. Still, they are good ones.
I love this view of Tomorrowland as seen from Tomorrowland Station. it was a World On the Move, with the Skyway, Peoplemover, Autopia, and Monorail. Seeing that the Peoplemover train is without passengers, I have to wonder if this picture was actually taken before that attraction opened? If so, that would be pre-July 2nd.
Next is this quite nice look at the loading dock for the Jungle Cruise; I like the composition and color (though that might be somebody's finger in the lower left corner). The jungle itself looks magnificent, and as always, I love seeing the old boats with their striped awnings.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUE!
2 comments:
Happy Birthday Sue-! A big Thank You for all you do here on GDB; and here's to another fabulous year-! (Orange just may be your color).
"Seeing that the Peoplemover train is without passengers..."
Same for the Autopia, too.
Thanks, Major.
Happiest of Birthdays, Sue! Hunh, seems like you just had a birthday like, what... a year ago? ;-) These photos were taken by your dad in '67. So yer like... 37 now? Many thanks for sharing your dad's photos with us.
Sue 1: You say Sue is in this photo? All I see is orange and red flowers.
Sue 2: Ah, there she is, without her flowery, Flower Market camouflage. I like your Mona Lisa smile.
Sue 3: This is a nice photo. We get Sue, plus the dancing figures of the Clock.
Major 1: This photo has everything! I like how the top of the Matterhorn almost disappears in the misty mountain's majesty.... OK, smog. But it still looks neat. We also get to see one of the Screechys and the multi-trunked Senegal Palm.
Major 2: Major, that blurry 'finger' is a blood spatter. Our photographer narrowly escaped being eaten by a croc and a hippo! Instead, it was the passenger in front of him that got 'slurped'. A red and white striped JC boat, the best kind!
Thanks, Major, for a Snoozleless Sunday. It's nice to get those every once in a while.
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