by Jeremy Marx | May 2, 2018 |
From 1967 until 1985, guests at Disneyland had the opportunity to ”travel into the incredible universe found within a tiny fragment of a snowflake.” The attraction, Adventure Thru Inner Space, sought to use the tools of cinematic set design to explore the...
by Paul F Anderson | Nov 15, 2016 |
JOURNAL OF A DISNEY HISTORIAN BY PAUL F ANDERSON ANOTHER DHI FIRST ~ WALT DISNEY PHOTO BOMBED!!! The Disney History Institute is well known for insightful and rare Walt Disney history! Here we are once again (tongue planted firmly in cheek). While rummaging through...
by Todd James Pierce | Sep 25, 2016 |
The History of It’s a Small World Over the summer–when my workload is lighter–I’ve worked to put up two more lengthy series on the DHI Podcast. The first of these series focuses on Walt Disney’s efforts to populate the New York...
by Todd James Pierce | Feb 10, 2016 |
The Story of Dateline Disneyland: 1955 by Todd James Pierce It’s been a while since we’ve done a special podcast-only article. But we’re doing one today. In large part, this story is being released as a podcast because it relies heavily on...
by Todd James Pierce | Jan 18, 2016 |
The Frontierland That Never Was by Todd James Pierce As I scooted around the Internet this week, I found many sites bemoaning the loss of Walt Disney’s original Frontierland. To make way for the two large show buildings in Star Wars Land, the park is permanently...
by Todd James Pierce | Feb 27, 2015
Satellite – View of America by Todd James Pierce By now, there are very few areas in Disneyland, back in the 1950s, of which I haven’t seen clear pictures. There’re still things on my list: such as the interior of the Hollywood Maxwell shop on Main Street and...
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