Phantom Boats!
Phantom Boatsby Todd James PierceAs long as we're on the subject of boats, I recently was going through a box of 1955 / 1956 Disneyland slides and found a nice never-before-published image of the shortest-lived attraction at Disneyland--the boats in...
Clowns in the Magic Kingdom
Clowns in the Magic Kingdomby Todd James PierceSo what do we have here? A clown, battery-powered model boats, and two-dozen Mousketeers. An odd event that would happen only once in the history of Disneyland.In partnering up with outside companies, Disneyland opened...
How to Capture a Disneyland Dragon
How to Capture a Disneyland Dragon by Todd James Pierce Back when Disneyland was new, the company would regularly allow sponsors and partner-companies to use images from the park to advertise their products. A few of these ads—such as for the Hudson Hornet—would...
The Ghost and Yale Gracey
The Ghost and Yale Graceyby Todd James Pierce [Note: This article is also available as part of the DHI Podcast, Episode 004,with audio from Disney Legend Rolly Crump. Click HERE. ] What is the most compelling story about the construction of the Haunted Mansion?...
DHI FACEBOOK PAGE Celebrating Walt Through Photographs
Photograph of Walt Disney and Grandson Christopher Miller taken at Disneylandby Celebrated Hollywood Photograph Gene Lester.If you have not checked out the Institute's Facebook page recently, members are posting quite a few rare and never-before-seen photographs of...
NEW DHI FEATURE: Walt Disney News
A NEW DHI WAY TO ENJOYWALT DISNEY HISTORYBy Paul F. Anderson Check out the new page in our Institute Lineup titled "Walt News." I've been meaning to do this for sometime, and have a few other concepts like this that Todd and I will launch here at the Institute...
RICHFIELD SHOW “The World Beneath Us”
Disneyland News "The Official Publication of Disneyland" March 10, 1956
THE CARTOGRAPHY OF DISNEYLAND MAPS
Sam McKim Disneyland 1961 Souvenir Map. (Click On Image For Glorious Detail.)THE DISNEYLAND MAPS FEATURINGTHE CARTOGRAPHY OF SAM McKIMBy Paul F. AndersonSorry for being absent from the airwaves for so long, I was otherwise preoccupied with some family matters. A few...
Unpublished Photo of Walt in the Gulfstream
Obviously I've had in interest in Walt Disney for years. If, through the folding of time, I could spend one day with Walt, where would it be? The Studio? WED? His house on Carolwood Drive? No, I'd pick the Gulfstream. This photo here--as I was told by Bill...
Here Come The Answers – Part 2
Here Come The Answers – Part 2by Todd J. Pierce Generally I think that there are two types of online quizzes: ones where the questions are more enjoyable than the answers and others where the answers are more interesting than the prompts. This here, I believe, is the...
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