Friday, April 15, 2011

Disneyland, July 28, 1958, Pt. 1



Time for another vintage series. The color is a little off (you shoulda' seen these before I got my fingers on 'em!), but I still think they're peachy keen. I get excited whenever I see shots of the Kalamazoo Handcar. Can you believe this cool little detail is still at the park? You probably won't be surprised to learn that I have a photo to prove it.



Sad to say only one of these passenger cars still remains at the park (hint: It's painted red and bears Walt's wife's name).



I probably have at least 2-3 of this same photo for each decade that the park's been open.



For the sake of brevity, I'll only share this one from 2006.



A nice overall shot of Main Street U.S.A., which includes a White Wing and a promotion for the newly launched Columbia.



See...I wasn't making it up!



Don’t want to walk to the castle? Take your pick of transportation:







More 1958 fun coming your way soon! See more vintage and contemporary Disneyland Main Street, U.S.A. photos at my main website.

7 comments:

Thufer said...

Friday morning gifts: posters and a white wing. What a wonderful way to start the day.

Sweet Lily said...

That's cool! Thanks for sharing!

Connie Moreno said...

Wonderful photos! But...what is a white wing??

Major Pepperidge said...

What a nice bunch of early photos. I do love those posters...

Connie, a "white wing" is a street sweeper, one who wears a white uniform.

Daveland said...

Connie - Yeah, what Major said! Trinidad is the most "famous" White Wing:

http://davelandblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/oct-2-1956-pt-3-main-street.html

Anonymous said...

coming soon to DISNEYLAND Railroad. will be on loan from the DISNEY'S BARN. THE 1955 COMBINE. See Carolwood.org for more infors.

Anonymous said...

The Radio code to Custodial for a "Dropping" by the horses is Code "H"🐎🐎
and for a Guest getting "Sick" is Code "V" 🤮🤮