Disneyland August 1958, Pt. 2

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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Audie Murphy Goes To Disneyland, Pt. 4

And now we get to the meat and potatoes of this Audie Murphy series. An interior view of the Frontierland Shooting Gallery! Audie shows his son how to fire Betsy. Below is a closeup of the lady in the background holding her Disneyland Guide.

In the background, you'll note a bunch of stuff hanging on the wall.

Based on this other photo showing Audie with his wife, it would appear that the Frontierland Shooting Gallery was attached to a shopping area.

Only $8.95 for a hand-painted skirt. Heck, you probably couldn't get a hand-painted roll of toilet paper from Disney today!

The Murphy family is posing for a photo with the wax figures of Davy Crockett (Fess Parker) and George Russell (Buddy Ebsen) in the Frontier Arcade:

Here you can see a sample posted of what your money is buying:

I don't think I ever realized that the coon skin caps sold had branding on the top of them:

Have to get a closer look at the portrait as it's being shot. Say “cheese”!

This Murphy family shot is from the interior of the Golden Horseshoe Saloon; wonder if they got to meet Wally Boag, too?

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Welcome to Disneyland, 1961!

It’s June 1961 in this first image and guests are scurrying through the Disneyland Railroad underpass to get to the GOOD STUFF! But let’s slow down and take a look at what’s in this photo; it’s purty durn good on its own. The Grand Canyon Passenger Car is up top on the tracks; it would eventually be converted into the Lilly Belle VIP Passenger car which still makes the Grand Circle Tour around the Park.



Over at the Disneyland News Stand there are all kinds of cool things: a Main Street employee in her turn-of-the-century dress, Annette Funicello on at least two different publication covers, and perhaps a TV tray on the right? What do YOU see?



I also bought this June 1961 Frontierland image, hoping I’d be able to get some interesting detail out of the shadows of the Shooting Gallery. Alas, not so.



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Firing on a Friday

How about a little “firing” at the Frontierland Shooting Gallery? Here’s how it looked in March 1968. Looks like they might have had a costumed cast member working there to assist guests:



A clearer shot, also from the 1960s, but without all those pesky people blocking your view:



A recent acquisition to my collection is this shot of a young boy shooting at the Gallery, circa August 1968:



From 2015, you can see just how high tech the Gallery became:



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Shadows in Frontierland

…is the Frontierland Shooting Gallery! Just imagine a world before video games…or even Candy Crush…or Farmville! Instead of those games, peeps at Disneyland did a little pretend shoot 'em up at the Frontierland Shooting Gallery, seen here in this circa 1960's photo. Let's zoom in a bit…you know you want to.



Yup. Still dark. Those shadows are just killin' me. I need details! Here's a semi-contemporary shot of the Gallery at night:



A closeup of the targets:



I'd take this over Farmville any day.

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