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!

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Burning Settler's Cabin

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How many burning buildings are beloved by thousands? Not too many! But the old Burning Settler's Cabin on Tom Sawyer Island was special...
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Saturday, July 15, 2017

Freedomland, U.S.A.

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Here are three more scans of vintage slides featuring Freedomland U.S.A., located (for four short years) in the Bronx (New York, of course)...
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Friday, July 14, 2017

Wonderful Tomorrowland, September 1958

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Today I have two beautiful photos from Tomorrowland, circa 1958! Let's start with this unusual angle looking northwest-ish; I belie...
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Thursday, July 13, 2017

Tomorrowland Snapshots

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Here are three more snapshots from Disneyland, from GDB reader Irene, and her brother! These are all from Tomorrowland, though they are not...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Knott's Golden Spike Ceremony, January 12 1952

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Digging through my main box of miscellaneous ephemera, I found this nice program from the dedication of the railroad at Knott's Berry F...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Main Street Neat Repeats!

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Here are a couple of blasts from the past (i.e. repeats)! Who knows, if you weren't looking at this blog in 2008, maybe these are new t...
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Monday, July 10, 2017

Adventureland Panoramas

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It's time for more photos from GDB reader Irene, and her brother (who took these photos)! I think that today's examples were taken ...
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Sunday, July 09, 2017

Swinging on the Columbia, June 1958

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Today's photos were taken in June of 1958, when the Columbia sailing ship was brand new (having debuted that very month). Walt Disney k...
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Saturday, July 08, 2017

Puppet Show, England

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Today's "Anything Goes Saturday" images are undated, though my guess would be from around 1960, give or take a year or two - ...
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Friday, July 07, 2017

The River, July 1963

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Today's photos are date-stamped "July 63", but they have a very "June gloom-y" look about them. Make of that what y...
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