Sorry for the break, folks, but as the saying goes…life gets in the way. Hopefully these rare gems from August 1958 will make up for my absence. The first image is a rare interior of the Frontierland Shooting Gallery. Who would be crazy enough to attempt an indoor photo back in 1958? The fantastic photographer I am showcasing today! Well, technically not really an interior since the Gallery was open air, but you know what I mean. The below November 1958 image shows the exterior:
This August 1968 photo is the only one in my collection (so far) that also features the “interior”:
Moving deeper into Frontierland, we see this (assumed) son and mother combo sitting on the patio of the Chicken Plantation restaurant:
Pulling back for a nighttime exterior view:
While nighttime images from “back in the day” typically don’t yield a lot of detail due to camera limitations, this one produced an interesting view of the interior through the patio door:
This 1955 image shows the side exterior of the building and the aforementioned patio door:
The last one for today from the August 1958 batch is a nighttime view of the Richfield sign at the Autopia attraction:
The October 1956 shot below, most likely taken from the Skyway, gives you an idea of where the sign was on the attraction:
Can you believe that Harbor Drive ever looked this empty?
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I remember those rifles. The hiss of a gas release and the "plink!" of a shot actually hitting a target. I vaguely recall trying to move the rifle to face into the crowd and my grandfather introducing me to the term "you little sociopath!" Fortunately Disney saw dangerous guests like me coming a mile away and assured you couldn't pull the rifle up and out far enough to leave the gallery. The last BB rifles I shot were in Adventureland and I think I was lucky enough to catch the tail end of their shooting gallery. Those indoor shots, though... Wow. That second shot just shows you what a good job Imagineers did when they made the Blue Bayou's interior to look like the former Plantation House's exterior.
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