GORILLAS DON'T BLOG

This blog has nothing to do with gorillas (though I love 'em)...fellow bloggers have inspired me to share vintage images of Disneyland from my personal collection. But don't be surprised if you see something from a World's Fair, Knott's Berry Farm, or someplace else that is cool!

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Artists, 1960

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Artists have taken over Center Street! The smocks and berets are a dead giveaway. The famous Art Corner in Tomorrowland closed in 1966, but ...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Disneyland Band, Main Street

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I think Main Street USA could be improved with some rock music instead of that corny old fashioned stuff. And put in a moving sidewalk so th...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Toad Exterior, October 1969

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Some of my earliest Disneyland memories involve the Fantasyland dark rides, and Mr. Toad was always among my favorite experiences. I wasn...
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Monday, August 28, 2006

Red Wagon Inn

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Most Disneyland nuts know that the Plaza Inn was originally called the Red Wagon Inn. It was leased by Swift & Co., and "featured e...
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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Main Street, September 1960

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In May of 1960, the Rainbow Caverns Mine Train became the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland. This slightly fuzzy photo shows one of...
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Friday, August 25, 2006

New Orleans Square

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Here are two considerably different views of the New Orleans Square area of Disneyland. In the first view, the Square hasn't actually be...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Frontierland Indians, August 1960

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I sure have a lot of slides taken from the decks of the Mark Twain, and here is another one. 46 years ago (this very month), this was the sc...
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1964 New York World's Fair Panorama

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For a change of pace, I thought I'd post this interesting panorama of the 1964 New York World's Fair. I found some slides from that ...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Harper's Mill

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Here's a nice early view of the mill on Tom Sawyer's Island (er...it IS Harper's Mill, isn't it?), taken from the Mark Twain...
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Monday, August 21, 2006

Marvin & Phyllis, 1960

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Meet Marvin and Phyllis. Phyllis....the wind whispers her name, her beauty haunts me like some fever dream. Marvin's standing a little t...
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