For Daveland, June 26, 1966 was a WONDERFUL evening! In my collection, I have a series of 3D slides shot at night of the Park. Of course, I will attempt to stretch these out over two posts. When I digitally combine the left and right slides, I get a slightly wider view for most of these:
By this point, the Main Street Train Station has 50,000,000 listed as the guest count. I love seeing the people inside the station, too. It’s almost like being there.
As we enter the Park, we see that Mr. Lincoln is now playing. At this point, the show had been going on for about a year.
The combined view:
In the detailed view, you can see the interior of the Wonderland Music shop on the left, and inside the Opera House, there is a bust of Lincoln at the entrance.
Continuing up Main Street we see the Magic Shop and the Wurlitzer Music Hall:
The combined view:
A great view of the Wurlitzer display window, with the slogan, “The name that means music to millions.”
A view of Town Square shot from the Main Street Train Station:
The combined view:
If you notice that many of the people are blurred in these shots, that’s because an evening exposure would mean the shutter would have had to stay open longer.
On the other side of Town Square we see City Hall:
The combined view:
Do guests still just hang out at night and sit on benches? I’m guessing if they do, they are busy with their phones.
The Disneyland Fire Department:
Not much of a difference with the combined view other than better focus on the edges.
Since Walt was still alive at the time this was shot, the light in the window at night was not a standard thing to see.
Moving back up Main Street we encounter the Emporium:
The combined view:
I LOVE looking inside the windows! I’m so nosy! Note the photographer with a tripod on the left.
More to come!
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3 comments:
Night shots are always such a treat. Thanks for sharing these images.
Those pictures are magnificent. I don't know if you did any kind of filtering on those or clean up or what but those are Beyond Disneyland postcard levels of perfection. The back lighting and all the night sky etc. Wow. Your work has been the desktop wallpaper on my computer for close to 15 years now. Thank you sir.
Nanook - You are very welcome!
Bryan - I can't really take any credit. The photographer did a wonderful job. I am guessing that they had a tripod, as they are very much in focus (other than the guests, which is to be expected).
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