Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Vintage Hotel del Coronado



Before getting to the subject of today's post, I wanted to address HouseoftheMouse who has ripped off (again) one of the photos from my collection, intentionally cropping off my website name and refusing to give me a tag or "thanks." Please let him know this isn't cool by either leaving a comment or reporting him. MUCH appreciated.

To give you an idea of the "man" behind the page, here's Matt, in all his (urp) glory. Please keep in mind...he doesn't like posting selfies. Urp again.



If you're tired of seeing the blurred and pixelated copies he posts with incorrect information, come visit the original: davelandweb.com/disneyland

NOTE: House of the Mouse's Instagram appears to be gone.



It's summer now, and what better way to spend your vacation than a long luxurious stay at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego? Our vintage getaway begins in the 1950s with these views of guests enjoying the secluded beach that is part of the hotel's grounds.



Two views from May 1966 show the exterior window view of the Hotel's fabled restaurant, The Crown Room:



and an interior shot:



This exterior vintage shot from April 1969 shows two cars parked in front and a red roof that badly needs repair!



Head over to my main website for more vintage and current views of Coronado.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Disneyland Pre-Selfie



Back in the day before you saw people connected to their phones, selfless and selfie-sticks were not even a blip on the radar. "Fun" had to be low-tech. These painted cutouts in Central Plaza were about as low-tech as you could get…but the guests loved 'em! First up from this batch of 1950's black and white images are one of a little boy who wants to be Captain Nemo from 20k Leagues Under the Sea.

Davy Crockett (this one spells the Davy with an "e"; somebody forgot to proof this one!) was another popular Disney "character" at the time:



My very favorite Disney character: Dopey!



Last shot for today is a stray one from this batch of an unidentified beach.



See more Disneyland cutout fun at my main website.