Our August 1960 photographer captured the Disneyland Main Street Station along with the Kalamazoo Handcar sitting on the tracks in front. Also note the Kodak Picture Spot sign in the right foreground. Since the population reads as 18 million, these date stamped slides were most likely shot in July, since my records show that in August the population jumped to 22 million.
Regardless, I let out a yell when I saw this passenger car interior shot in the collection!
Interior shots of the passenger cars are fairly rare; here’s one from the 1950s:
And a super cool one from the early years when there used to be TWO tracks that operated at the same time!
After taking the Grand Circle Tour, our 1960 photographer ventured down Main Street, U.S.A.
Zooming in you can see the signs on the lightposts that are promoting the barely one-year old Matterhorn attraction. Behind the Omnibus is a banner proclaiming the “new” (actually upgraded!) Nature’s Wonderland attraction.
A better shot of the banner which also promotes the America the Beautiful and Art of Animation attractions in Tomorrowland:
A color shot of the banner:
The same banner hung over the entrance tunnels, too:
Back to 1960, our photographer entered Tomorrowland:
I have always loved these mod light posts which look like martini olives on toothpicks! Where can I get one?
A closeup of the Hat Bar which is visible in the previous shot:
…and the attraction poster for the Columbia ship which sailed on the Rivers of America:
Still more to come!
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1 comment:
Sometimes the real fun is the tiny background detail, but these are all a great mix of foreground and background. You can see the designs on the ceiling of the passenger car, something I never knew existed. The real winner ( to me ) is the empty car shot that shows both tracks converging, and the next one showing a passing engine. I presume this is in Frontierland near the station. That fire hose reel and blue Disneyland company pickup are pretty rare finds as well. I can't get over the assortment of ladies' hats, based on pics alone you'd think the only hat that sold was the paper one. One thing that does catch me off guard are the civil war hats. I had one of those blue Union Army hats, but I recall the Confederate ones being grey. I've never seen a blue hat with the Confederate flag on it. Good luck finding those martini olive light posts.
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