I took photographs of these Vintage Disneyland pictures displayed at the Disneyland Hotel, were anyone can see. I am sharing these so others can enjoy that cannot make it there. Not to make a profit. Bretman Photos
Fun Facts When Disneyland was being constructed Walt Disney wanted to be able to stay nearby to supervise. Anaheim where Disneyland is located was about an hour away from where he lived so Disney had an apartment built above the fire station on Main Street where he could spend the night. Everyone knew when Walt was there because of the light left on in the window of the apartment. After The Light Still Shines After Disney died a light has been left on in the apartment window in his memory. The apartment has been left the same way it was when he died but it isn't open for public viewing.
Welcome to Souvenir Saturday! Today let’s check out some Tattoo’s (no, not the little breather kind). These are undated, but I’m will to guess they are from the earlier days of the park, possibly 1956, does anyone know? The cover prominently displays the Disney characters, however they are relegated to the last page of tattoos and even though most of the tattoos are still in this booklet, the character page is almost empty. First we start off with a page of tattoos for each land. I reversed all these scans so you didn’t have to hold your monitor up to a mirror to view these properly. And yes, I know your asking “Do these still work” they sure do! In fact, the “certified colors” still adhere to you skin quite nicely. An entire page of Disneyland Logos! The art work in all of these is really fun. Hey, you can crop all of these and create you own 1950’s Clip Art collection! Two page of land “extras”. I am so digging those light posts and Main Street Vehicles! Here’s the last page, there’s just about a quarter of it left, even the characters are in costume for Disneyland!
On yesterday’s post I kind of cheated by asking the date of today’s Guide to Disneyland Post. When I first saw the cover I thought “1968”, so Viewliner Ltd, you were right with me on your thinking of "1966". Terrance T. was closer with his “1973 or 1974” guess, the actual date is April 1977. The cover sure looks like an older photo. In fact, several of the photo’s in this guide seem much older than 1977, but it's a fun Guide with lots of color! This Tomorrowland Terrace “in action” shot looks late 1960’s to me. Great Space Mountain concept art, enjoy your “twisting turning high-speed space journey”. “EXPERIENCE Space Mountain!” Will do. Fun cartoons and info. What was this “Guide” for? I am thinking for brochure racks at hotels and travel agencies? I guess it wouldn’t make much sense to pass these out at the park, the freeway map would be of no use since you’re already there!
Tiki Room Drummer Replica Disneyland 50th Commemorative Replica Coordinated and Designed by Kevin Kidney & Jody Daily Resin & Metal Released in 2006. Limited Edition of 1000. SOLD OUT—of course. Full-size casting of Rolly Crump's original 1963 figure sculpture for the Tiki Room at Disneyland. Poseable arms and illuminated drum top to give the tiki an eerie "underglow".
In 1966 Disneyland debuted its first new land since the park opened in 1955 with New Orleans Square. Inspired by New Orleans of the 1800s, it features gorgeous wrought iron, convincing forced persp…
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It’s time for an audio-visual Disneyland souvenir. This one goes way back to 1955 (or maybe 1956), "Your Trip to Disneyland on Records” is a neat souvenir that took advantage of a newly developed process to manufacture playable records on micro-plastic pressed onto cardboard. The record portions of this Mattel souvenir were actually made by Rainbo Records which still in business today (link)! The first two images are from a super website “THE INTERNET MUSEUM OF FLEXI / CARDBOARD / ODDITY RECORDS” (link) which is worth a visit just for its oddness alone. I’ve got the Panorama map and the records, but I’m missing the cover and a couple more pieces. Several sources claim this souvenir is from 1956, if that’s the case, they used an outdated and unrealistic map. The Panorama Map is huge; my large format scanner could only capture 1/3 at a time. The “Island” is sporting the Landmarks theme, I wonder if that would have worked out? Want a higher resolution scan – Link 29mb Main Street has more streets and no backstage! High-res Link – 34mb Double tunnels, just like Walt Disney World. High-res Link – 33mb An “Education Toy” – really? Each of the records has some nice artwork, oddly the “Introduction” record has some of the least original artwork of the bunch. Time has not been kind to the “micro-plastic” these little records were made from, not to mention my copies appear to have been played at least a few times. I did my best to capture what’s left, but honestly it’s a pretty rough listen. I had to weigh down the tone arm and basically hold it by hand to get it to play. You can hear a clearer copy of the intro from the Museum of Flexi–Records here: (Real Audio link). The Frontierland record was unplayable; it must have been juniors favorite. Tomorrowland has the coolest artwork of the five. Too bad the Tomorrowland record is barely playable, it skips and slides, but you get the idea. Again a clearer copy of the Tomorrowland record from the Museum of Flexi–Records here: (Real Audio link). Fantasyland, forget it – just enjoy the artwork… Adventureland has some fun artwork too; did anyone notice in 1955 that Adventureland had only one attraction? There was a “Saloon”? Only the last portion of the Adventureland record was playable. Again from the Internet Museum of Flexi-Records, these we the cutouts for your record player.
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Part of an estate sale box containing meticulously detailed ephemera of a trip to California in 1955.
Fiberglass "Tip Tray" from Disneyland's Tahitian Terrace. As seen in the 1996 Anaheim Museum exhibit "Tiki: Native Drums in the Orange Grove", a survey of Polynesian Pop-style in Orange County, California. Curated by Los Angeles artists Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily.
Forty five years ago today Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room opened its doors and thrilled audiences for the very first time. Today let’s celebrate with a few vintage items. First up is a pair of what I believe to be the original style of Tiki Room tickets from 1963. I have seen these for sale (rarely) for lots of money (too much) and they always state they are from 1963. They are not dated, but they do match the style of all the original 1963 Enchanted Tiki Room art work. Those of you that have been with the blog since the early days will recognize these from a prior post (link). These have been rescanned and hey, it’s a celebration so we get to see them again. The back is not very interesting, consisting of just this: Here is a rare ticket; this is from a “Magi-Pak” ticket book from February 1964. The ticket book contains 15 “Any Attraction” tickets, but since Walt’s Tiki Room was owned by him, not Disneyland, it required a separate ticket (like the ones above). This ticket book has 15 tickets, but one is special, it’s also good for the Tiki Room. The accounting on all of this must have been interesting. How much did “Disneyland” pay Walt to include this ticket in the book? It’s kind of like moving money from your left pocket to you right pocket! How about some Vintage audio visual fun? “A Disneyland Record” presents songs from Walt Disney’s The Enchanted Tiki Rook. The cover is dated 1968. The 29¢ price was “blacked out”; I wonder what it was changed to? The record itself is in fine shape for being 40 years old. This must be the original sound track, it sure sounds fun. I broke it into two pieces, blog spot was not letting me load part two, check back later, I’ll try and update it. Tomorrow; More Grad Nite? Sure, why not....
A couple of random souvenirs from the collection. First up is a nice unused train ticket for the Frontierland train. It is unusual to see a Child's unused ticket. Note that the ticket is for freight or cattle passage. Next item to add a little color is a travel decal for the Disneyland Hotel. The graphic features the futuristic Monorail heading to the Hotel with the nice Disneyland Hotel sign.
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Today’s themed ticket post was an idea sparked by a great scan sent to me by Major over at Gorilla’s Don’t Blog (link). Disneyland had several special ticket plans for members of the armed services; let’s take a look at a few of them today. First up, graciously donated scan from Gorilla’s Don’t Blog, from May 1970 “Welcome Home To All Returning Viet Nam Service Men”. $1.00 for admission and 10 tickets, way to go Disneyland! It sure is neat the way Disneyland honored the service men this way, they could have just offered the discount, but they made up special tickets too. Notice the serial number begins with “V” Inside the May 1970 book are 10 special tickets, very similar to “magic key” tickets of the time, with the exception of these getting that special cyan print color on the key and “Admit One”. Also, Major reports the actual tickets in his book are 10¢ thru 85¢, so my “loose” ticket example below must be slightly older than 1970. Next up, “Armed Forces Weekends” these examples are from the “ticket binder” scan collection. I think it says "1968". Nice touch with the each branch of the service getting there own logo/shield. Serial number begins with “AF”. Two admissions and 12 tickets, still a great deal at $5.25. From my collection, dated September 1977, it’s “Military Weekends”. This book has never been used. It has a “Second Day” ticket under the “First Day” ticket, then 12 green "good on any attraction" key tickets, with standard red print. Serial number begins with “MW”. You may have noticed that neither Major or myself have folded back these mint tickets, we are dedicated fans, but not that dedicated! Still a great value at $6.50. *** Update*** Hey if you like this mint ticket book, there is one for sale on eBay right now (link), no I'm not the seller, I'm the guy who buys tickets on eBay! Last up it’s “Military Night at Disneyland” Friday, April 8, 1988. Star Tours was only a year old so it’s still getting plenty of promotion, can’t you just hear R2D2’s cute little sound in your head? On a personal note; Whenever I see a member of the armed services, I make it a point to shake their hand and thank them for their service; we all owe our freedoms to them.
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