Freight Train Update – The Wild West Show That Never Was
Freight Train Update - The Wild West Show That Never Wasby Todd James Pierce2012 is, of course, the summer of Old Tomorrowland. But last summer (2011) was the summer of steam trains. All summer long Paul and I posted up videos and articles about the steam...
Disneyland 1961 – Flying Saucers
Ed Morgan at the Arrow Test Facilities in Mountain View, CaliforniaFlying Saucers at Disneylandby Todd James PierceThe four people most responsible for the creation and development of theme park culture in the 1950s and 1960s would be (in my opinion) Walt Disney, C.V....
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Three Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Inner Space
Three Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Inner Spaceby Todd James PierceUp on the blog today is a new video about the long-gone attraction Adventure Thru Inner Space. If you’re young, Inner Space used to occupy the show space presently taken up with Star...
COVERING DISNEY: Ludwig Von Drake Explains The Computer
By Paul F. AndersonA regular feature at the Disney History Institute is "Covering Disney." The use of the magazine during Walt Disney's heyday for the purpose of promotion and exploitation. You can read my original essay on this here. To see all the essays and...
SUNDAY FUNNIES: Disneyland News Meets New York World Telegram
From the Disneyland News March 10, 1956 issue. Like "real" newspapers the News was in need of content. Oddly, with a bevy of the world's most talented comic strips artists available (within the confines of the Disney Comic Strip Department--see Sunday Funnies on Floyd...
EPCOT Leviathan Space Shuttle Bus 1978
In celebration of our 700th member on our Facebook Disney History Institute site, I thought I'd share this wonderful (and screamingly rare) concept piece from a 1978 Epcot Prospectus--for the never-realized Space Pavilion, this evocative art suggests a futuristic...
Disneyland: Year One – pt. 2
Disneyland Castle - July 1955Castle Gardens - Adventures in Landscapingby Todd James Pierce In 1955, landscape designer Bill Evans had two overall goals for the themed areas of Disneyland: highly manicured gardens and streets (such as Town Square) and open areas where...
Golden Horseshoe – Girlie Club Edition
Golden Horseshoe Saloon - July 1955 Golden Horseshoe - Girlie Club Editionby Todd James Pierce--> In 1955, when Disneyland opened to the public, some park guests recognized the Golden Horseshoe Saloon as an exact copy of the Golden Garter Saloon in the 1953...
SUNDAY FUNNIES: Floyd Gottfredson Goes To Disneyland
THE SUNDAY FUNNIESFloyd Gottfredson Goes to Disneylandby Paul F. AndersonFloyd Gottfredson had a long and storied career with Walt Disney, primarily in some facet with the Comic Strip Department. His early Mickey Mouse dailies are legendary, which after a short...
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