Today I am sharing the second group of scans from a batch of slides from January, 1977. We're still on Main Street, heading north toward Canada. It'll take us weeks, but we'll get to British Columbia eventually.  Previously, we saw the gentleman with the brown cardigan posing with the Tobacco Store Indian, but their friendship has cooled, and he's moving on. Sad, but that's how life goes sometimes. The man is perusing his complimentary guidebook (formerly sponsored by INA, but they stopped their sponsorship in 1974).  I'm admiring the lilac macrame shawl/sweater (shweater?) with 12-i ..read more

I hope you didn't get too dressed up, because it's Snoozle Sunday. If you must know, I am wearing sweatpants and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles t-shirt. As usual. Let's take a look at our first Snoozle, from September, 1959. I'm guessing our photographer was aboard the Mark Twain and not the Columbia, just look at how the river is all churned up. Tom Sawyer Island is very wild and forested, the sight of Fort Wilderness is a welcome one. On the far shore, the Indian Village appears to be busy. The tip of the big tent in Holidayland can also just be seen, if you look carefully. Here's one of ..read more

Say! It's been a while since we last visited the 1964 New York World's Fair. Let's go there today, shall we?  First up is this image of guests walking past the American Express pavilion. What goes on there? At the entrance to this pavilion, a million dollars' worth of real currency from many nations "grows" on a money tree; inside, the official scale model of the World's Fair is on exhibit. The pavilion also offers various services including foreign exchange, check cashing, the sale of American Express travelers cheques and information on all aspects of the Fair. Meanwhile, there was a b ..read more

FYI, today marks the 6,500th GDB post! I normally don't celebrate such a thing, but it will be almost two years until #7,000, so I might as well mention it! Aw yeah, it's Classic Tomorrowland time! Some might argue that it's the best time of all. Don't argue, just be nice.  It might be June, and it's probably hot, but that doesn't mean that these fellows aren't going to wear their three-piece suits. Aloha shirts and Bermuda shorts are for barbarians. Need a hankie? Ask a guy in a suit! You can tell from their body language that they really want to buy a souvenir hat (those ostrich plume ..read more

I almost always enjoy looking at photos taken from a speeding Monorail. Sometimes you might gat a view of Tomorrowland, or maybe even the motels and restaurants along Harbor Boulevard. But you mostly see the big parking lot, and sometimes Main Street Station. Which is great! This first view is surprisingly clear when you consider that the Monorail was moving at near light-speeds. The parking lot is vast, almost to the horizon, though the Disneyland Hotel looms through the smog. My main impression when looking at this image is the sheer number of Volkswagen Beetles in the lot. You can really o ..read more

You know me, I love Disneyland ephemera. The stuff that most people threw away after their trip! But a few people held on to every scrap for decades.  This first item is a nice, relatively large flyer from the 1965 edition of "Dixieland at Disneyland", a musical extravaganza of jazz and Dixieland music, performed at venues around the park. I love the very 60s graphics on this cover, along with the alternating stripes of red and orange. The horse has flipped his straw hat! Yes, yes, I know the interior is discolored - I actually have a second example of this flyer that is in great shap ..read more

I have a pair of beautiful views from July 1960, both showing the entrance to Frontierland. "But Major, that sounds boring as heck! And you smell funny!". First of all, the picture's AREN'T boring, and secondly: RUDE!  This first one is very pretty, with the reflections in the water (and extension of the castle moat) and the trees and shrubs that help to soften the appearance of the stockade & gated entrance. I was tempted to crop off the shoulder/arm of the person to the right, but decided to leave it be. I wonder if those imposing gates were ever closed for any reason?  Pho ..read more

It's time for another installment of beautiful Magic Kingdom photos from Lou Perry, scanned and shared with us by Sue B! These are from September, 1972, so they are pretty early in WDW's timeline. Lou sure picked the right time to visit that park, it's so unbelievably uncrowded! You could do everything you liked three times. Maybe four. We're looking toward the Sunshine Tree Terrace, which I believe became the home of the Florida Orange Bird, though perhaps not at this early date? To the right is a stage where guests could watch J.P and the Silver Stars. I see some scary skulls used as decor ..read more

Snoozles™. You can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em. Today's examples are hippo-centric (please use the phrase "hippo-centric" four times today in casual conversation, maybe at the grocery store). This first one is from 1956, and we see Haydn and Hannah relaxin in the cool water of, I don't know, the Susquehanna River? They both look a bit off their game, maybe they got some bad news. They're concerned about Elvis Presley's effect on teenagers. Now it's the 1960s, and Hal, Helen, and Harrison refuse to open their mouths for passing boats. "Nobody cares about our opinions on the S ..read more

I have a folder with some old scans of slides featuring Las Vegas - I figured I might as well use them today. The first two are dated "October 1958", and we are looking along Fremont Street, which was where the action was back in those days.  Why get out of your car to take photos? That's what they want you to do! And you're smarter than that. Stay in air-conditioned comfort, and listen to "Volare" on your radio. In this first shot, we can see J.C. Penny's to the right, it closed in 1985. There's a shoe store, a tavern, and an art-deco Woolworth's on the right side of the street, until y ..read more