by Todd James Pierce | Sep 27, 2011 |
Holiday Hill – June, 1958Here’s a photo that I’ve been looking for for—well—years. What is it? This is a 20-foot hill that used to rest beside the castle (more-or-less where the Matterhorn is now positioned). It was known as Snow Mountain or...
by Todd James Pierce | Sep 23, 2011 |
I’ve been working on a couple short videos about the history of the park. But I realize I haven’t posted up anything for over a week. This image is from May, 1959–just four or five weeks before the attraction opened to the public....
by Todd James Pierce | Sep 6, 2011 |
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...
by Todd James Pierce | Sep 2, 2011 |
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...
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