Hump Day on Tom Sawyer Island

It's Wednesday, and you've hit hump day, that marvelous day when you're half-way through the work week and the weekend is quickly approaching! Here's an October 1959 view of the Tree House on Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland. The next undated image is most likely from 1956/1957.



And this is how I know...Case de Fritos is still in its original location on New Orleans Street:



This black and white image of TSI yields a few interesting detail shots:



Some fishing action:



and the tent for Holidayland:



This December 1959 image shows guests waiting for a raft so that they can return to the "mainland":



A detailed view:



Hope you enjoy your Hump Day!

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1950's Disneyland Miscellaneous Gems

The train is at the Disneyland Main Street Train Station, waiting to take us on a journey of 1950's miscellany. Zooming in for a nice juicy close-up of the Kalamazoo Handcar:



Over at the Frontierland Depot, we have a glimpse of the backend of the Excursion Car as it pulls away from the station:



An Indian War Canoe circles Tom Sawyer Island:



Somebody call Child Welfare - that poor little girl in the back seems to be doing all the work!



As the Mark Twain leaves the dock, guests can see a little action going on over at the Fishing Pier:



I wonder how many people actually took the fish home and cooked them?



Today's post ends in a blaze of glory as The Mark Twain approaches the infamous Burning Cabin:



You knew it was coming, folks; a closeup of the poor dead geezer out front:



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Gone Fishin’

I thought this was a pretty interesting shot, since it’s definitely not something you’d see these days: fathers and sons fishing at Disneyland in the Rivers of America. Anyone know much more about this short-lived phenomenon?

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