Monday, October 20, 2008

Early Disneyland, Pt. 5



After a little Sleeping Beauty diversion, I am returning to the pre-opening series of photos. To get an idea of what part of the Rivers of America this area is located at, check out the 1955 aerial shot here & closeup:





See more vintage & current Rivers of America photos at my regular website.

4 comments:

Vintage Disneyland Tickets said...

Great muddy waters photo! Always love the Ariel shots too! THANKS! P.s. I finally got new internet at work, now its back to "coffee with Dave"!

Katella Gate said...

The first photo shows how the river cuts into the shore to form a place to moor a boat. There were several of these mooring pockets around the rivers in the early years.

Does anybody know what they were intended for?

Major Pepperidge said...

Amazing to see Fort Wilderness as only a few rickety 2 X 4's. i'm wondering if those were placed there to get an idea of the scale of the thing?

Unknown said...

Nice shots!!!

I love the aeriel (and Ariel) shots.