A trio of July 1960 Disneyland images give some rare views into the original Tomorrowland. First, we see the mighty Kaiser Aluminum Telescope in the background; I sure would love to see the footage on the camera belonging to the guest in the foreground! Kaiser Aluminum wanted out almost 3 years before their 5 year contract had expired because they felt that the Disneyland TV show had competing sponsors on it. With some persuasion from Walt Disney himself, this exhibit stayed on until July 1960, making this one of the final images ever taken here.
A slightly out of focus but still color shot of the Monsanto Hall of Chemistry exhibit:
It’s hard to believe, but yes…there was an exhibit about bathrooms in Tomorrowland. Welcome to the Crane Bathroom of Tomorrow! I see a DIY project in the making for all you vintage Disneyland geeks out there.
This set had a fourth image, taken near the Plaza Inn off Central Plaza, showing Teddy and Kenny, the Disneyland shoeshine boys. This is now my earliest image of the duo.
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4 comments:
Very cool. Teddy and Kenny are some of the lesser known celebs like Trinidad the White Wing. It's always neat to see those vintage shots. The more I look at that Crane bathroom of tomorrow, the more questions I have. Sometimes you have questions that you'd rather not have the answers to.
Dave-
Great images, all. In the first image, the gentleman appears to be holding a post card, maybe one in the series of images for the Monsanto exhibit, but I can't quite verify it. But he DEFINITELY is holding a Keystone 8mm "electric eye" movie camera, probably Model KA-1. I was thinking the same thing about what footage might be hidden inside that camera... perhaps rare shots of the Dairy Bar. (Unfortunately, the Dairy Bar was gone in September, 1958).
I guess those colorful 'birds' are supposed to be cranes, performing a plumbing function of some sort-?
Dave, these ARE great shots!
I wonder if Grant (of GDB) saw these - especially the Crane Bathroom one, since his mom worked in that exhibit. I'll *ping* him now, in case he has anything to add....
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