Vintage Disneyland Goodies

My Collection...FOR SALE!

2012-06-23T19:07:00.000-07:00

The time has come. After collecting vintage Disneyland goodies since 1991, the time has come to liquidate. Other than the attraction posters (and related items), the opening day stuff, and a few choice items that are my kids' favorites, everything in my collection will be for sale on July 22 at the Disneyana Show near Anaheim. For more information, go to:

http://disneyanafanclub.org/content/all-disneyana-show-and-sale-be-held-sunday-july-22-2012-crowne-plaza-resort-garden-grove-ca.

I plan on saving for more (and better) posters and using the funds on experiences that transcend the blue binders I keep under my display case.

I hope that one of my precious goodies can find a new spot in YOUR loving home. If you would like any additional information or to know if I have a specific item in my inventory, feel free to email me at disjb@aol.com.

POP Tickets, Part 3

2012-05-06T14:25:00.000-07:00

More tickets, some for specific rides...

More POP Tickets

2012-04-17T20:03:00.000-07:00

Page number two of who-knows-how-many...

Pacific Ocean Park Tickets

2012-04-06T11:11:00.001-07:00

Jeez, I have a lot of POP tickets. I have no idea how or when I bought/received/found most of these, but there sure are a bunch. I wonder if anyone has ever thought to inventory how many different POP tickets there were.

This is page one of at least four sheets of tickets...more to come.

Sorry for the months-long delay in posting, by the way.

1962 Guided Tour Script

2011-10-06T15:08:00.000-07:00

This one goes out to Jason Schultz, Mr. Disneyland Almanac, and his amazing new book about Disneyland. Visit him at Disneyland Nomenclature.

This is the 1962 script a Disneyland host or hostess would have memorized in order to conduct paid (and, I presume, VIP) guided tours around the park. Lots of cool information about extinct or semi-extinct (the Treehouse) attractions.

Why not take this with you on your next visit to the park and treat your friends and family to a good ol' retro Disneyland experience? Riding crop not required.

1958 Disneyland Map - Looking for Trade

2011-07-30T15:32:00.000-07:00

I recently came into possession of a BEAUTIFUL and linen-backed 1958 Disneyland Map. Yes, the rare "A" version with the Viewliner and no 1959 Tomorrowland additions. This is a duplicate for me.

I would love to trade this treasure for silk-screened Disneyland attraction posters not yet in my collection, so if there's anyone out there who would be interested in such a deal, please contact me at disjb@aol.com.

In the meantime, enjoy the photo....

Marineland 1958 (or so...)

2011-06-05T11:25:00.000-07:00

Just found this in some papers from my dad's trip to LA in the mid/late 50's. The stuff he saved from this trip forms the backbone of my POP and Knott's collections. I've posted POP stuff from time-to-time; maybe I'll dig into the Knott's next.

At any rate, this is from Marineland and provides a nice overview of the property, including a helpful map and show schedule. On verso is a map to the location and some general information.

I went to Marineland once or twice as a kid; I don't have vivid memories of it, but I do wish I had trespassed on the property when it was intact but abandonned.

A nice flyer for Marineland fans...

Attraction Poster Auction News

2011-05-15T11:13:00.000-07:00

Profiles in History auctioned some vintage silk-screened posters yesterday to BIG bids. These weren't even A-level posters, but they sold for some A-level prices:

Monorail (2nd version): $2250
Matterhorn (two sleds): $1700
Skyway: $4000 (WOW!!!!!)
Golden Horseshoe: $1200
Inner Space: $1200
Grand Canyon Diorama (2nd version): $3750 (WOW!!!!!!)
Alice (no Fantasyland): $1400
Subs: $2000
Autopia: $1900
Flight to the Moon (NOT the TWA one): $2250
Space Station X-1: $2750 (WOW!)

And these prices don't include tax or buyer's premium, which could add as much as 25% to the total.

If you have any of these (I have some...wish I had more), congrats!

Mark Twain Certificate

2011-05-10T19:55:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know...you've seen these a million times. Maybe you even have one of your own from when you were a Mark Twain "pilot" as a kid.

Look closely, though, this one is different: the date on the certificate is pre-dated "195__", which makes it exclusive to the park's opening years. Are there versions that are dated "196__"? I've never seen one; if you have, please let me know!

Most of these certficates read "19___", which places them later in the park's years or at least after 1959.

Are these still given away? Does the date now read "20__"?

Buying/Selling and Appraisals

2011-04-09T09:21:00.000-07:00

Every now and then, the kind readers of this blog leave comments in old posts that ask for appraisals of their Disney or Disneyland items or wonder if I'd be interested in buying or selling this or that.

If you have such a question, feel free to contact me at my email address: disjb@aol.com. I rarely look back at old posts, so if you're leaving your inquiry there, it's unlikely that I will ever see it. Just email me....it's a lot easier and more direct.

Thanks again for reading!

1967 New Tomorrowland Opening Day Invitation

2011-04-04T12:04:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay between posts, but you know...life and all.

Here's a cool item that goes with the previously posted 1967 press ticket and program. This is the invitation for the opening day of the 1967 Tomorrowland that brought us such favorites as the PeopleMover and Adventures Thru Inner Space.

The whole thing was too big for my scanner, so here it is in pieces. The first shot is the cover, and the second is the whole interior as one piece. The third and fourth shots are close-ups of the interior, including that BEAUTIFUL conceptual painting that we all know and love. I wonder if the RETLAW archives has that one...I'll have to ask. I didn't shoot the text on the far right, but it says something about returning the enclosed RSVP card (which I don't have, alas) to confirm attendance.

****UPDATE***

It turns out that I DO have the RSVP card AND the envelope. You know you're in trouble/old when you don't remember what you own anymore. Anyway, here's a photo:

Papotin's Revue

2011-01-15T13:17:00.000-08:00

A long time ago, I posted this flyer used to advertise a French puppet show that played for a short time at Disneyland:

The same show is advertised in the verso of a popular Tiki Room flyer:

At the time of my first post on this topic, I wondered if the first flyer was created by Disneyland or by Andre Tahon. Well, Monsieur Tahon maintained a website before his death in 2009, and on it, he posted another flyer for one of his shows. This pretty much proves that the flyer was created by Tahon rather than Disney. Here's the other flyer for a French production:

He also published a photo that he claims is from the Disneyland show, and since I have no reason not to believe him, here it is:

Not much, I realize, but something is better than nothing.

I, along with many Disneyland fans would love to know more about Tahon and his involvement with the early days of Disneyland. Was he hired by Walt Disney personally?

If you have any light to shed on this most elusive of Disneyland shows, please chime in.

Main Street Scripts - Omnibus

2010-12-27T12:07:00.000-08:00

Here's the live narration from the Omnibus trip up Main Street circa 1959. I love how the driver extends the vintage theming into his descriptions of the Main Street attractions. Also, notice the alternative narration in anticipation of the Hallmark store.

Universal Studios - 1974 LA Times Advert

2010-11-15T18:56:00.000-08:00

I found this in some junk at my parents' house. It must have come from my grandfather one way or another.

This ad from 7/28/74 features the "new" collapsing bridge at Universal. I remember when that thing was the biggest deal on the tour. When I was older and working on the lot, I used to "borrow" the company golf cart to go do some "work" and give myself a little self-guided tour. It's amazing where Universal security would let one wander pre-9/11. It was a great day when I discovered the long-lost road to Prop Plaza. Never had the nerve to drive through the Six Million Dollar Man revolving avalanche thingee or across this bridge, but a visit to the Psycho house was always a must.

Love the old trams. The image of them crossing the bridge makes me think of Albert Brooks' trip to hell if he'd been just a couple of minutes late for the tram to heaven.

Main Gate Scripts

2010-11-03T20:18:00.000-07:00

As you disembarked from the Disneyland parking lot (those were the days) tram ten feet from the front gate (those were REALLY the days) or arrived on foot, here's what you might hear as you approached the ticket booths. It featured a spiel about the ticket books, terrific value, etc.

If you were unlucky (read: stupid and unorganized) enough to arrive on a day when the park was closed, they had a special recording for you, too.

How badly would it suck to arrive on a wintery Monday or Tuesday only to be informed (via tape) that the park was closed? And how sadistic to LET SOMEONE INTO THE PARKING LOT AND PARK THEIR CAR only to arrive at the empty ticket booths. I'd probably punch a rubber moose and kidnap a security guard, too.

Would it be better for the Monorail to be open for a ride or closed for the day? At least if the Monorail was closed there wouldn't be the torture of seeing all of those spectacular attractions just sitting there and waiting for guests that would arrive tomorrow or the day after. Makes me edgy just thinking about it.

There's even a recording for rainy days.

Coming soon(ish), the narration for the Main Street vehicles.

Casa de Fritos Gift Box - 1955

2010-10-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

There's been a lot of blog action about Casa de Fritos lately for some reason. Why, you ask? Actually, "Why not?" is a better question since CdF is officially the coolest Disneyland restaurant ever. Sorry, Aunt Jemima, but it's the truth.

At any rate CdF stuff is uncommon since there's so few items to really collect. The postcard, the ads in the 1967 National Geographic magazine, the matchbooks, the cool mug that I posted awhile back, and.....oh, yeah....the stellar attraction poster that for some reason I never received from any of you for my birthday.

So...what better excuse than to recycle an old post and present to you...the Casa de Fritos holiday gift box. I guess you could ship friends a box o' Fritos (or Cheetos) for Christmas from Disneyland. Pretty cool Frito Kid and pretty cool classic Disneyland logo. Somehow, I've had three of these in my collection over the years. I can't believe three people actually saved (or even received) this box, but there you go. I sold my first two in the great purge of 1999, but when this one emerged from the legendary collection of Leon Janzen, I knew that it was fate for me to own one. And the Janzen connection just makes me happy. I have another box from the LJ collection which I'll post at some point.

And, yes, those script posts will continue soon. Not that anyone has asked...

Tram Scripts (Get It? HA!)

2010-08-15T20:06:00.000-07:00

Here are two versions of the tram spiel: one for the parking lot and one for folks shuttling over from the Disneyland Hotel. The parking lot one isn't terribly different from the current version that departs from the Mickey and Friends lot. The one from the hotel is full of lovely out-of-date details. Read for yourself....

The Sound of Disneyland - January, 1963

2010-08-12T19:37:00.000-07:00

What we have here is a big binder full of scripts that represent every piece of taped, live, and filmed narration used in Disneyland as of January 14, 1963 (the front page [unscanned] has that date hand-written in pencil.)

I'm going to try (!) to scan the whole binder, but at my rate of posting, that may take until 2019. Oh, well. Every little bit helps.

Here's the first few pages: a table of contents that lists the binder's archive. One portion not listed but that can be found in the binder is the live narration one would hear in the shuttle that schlepped guests from their cars to the main gate.

I bought this at an NFFC show at least 12 years ago for about....$30. Hard to believe.

Culling the Herd...Disneyland Style

2010-07-01T19:28:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year again when I take a long look at my pile of stuff and decide what needs to go. This year, I'm selling the following:

Yes, it's one of the U letters from the old Adventures thru Inner Space sign.

The listing is here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220630993663

I have no idea which U it is, but it's definitely one of them. Anyway, it weighs a ton, takes up room I don't have, and isn't really something for the walls. And, about a month ago, it almost toppled over and crushed my atomobile. Can't have that happen. Ever. So, out to a new owner it goes, provided someone comes up with the green. Well see...

A FANTASTIC WDI FIELD TRIP!!!!!

2010-06-23T19:19:00.000-07:00

A couple of months ago, Chris Merritt cc'd me on an email that he wrote to a woman at WDI about a book that's being prepared to document and celebrate the much beloved attraction posters of Disneyland, WDW, and beyond. In the email, he told her about a piece in my collection that I wrote about here:

http://vintagedisneylandgoodies.blogspot.com/2008/06/tiki-room-attraction-poster-art.html

It's a piece of original attraction poster art, and Chris thought WDI should include it in their book or at least be aware that it exists.

The incredibly nice archivist, Vanessa Hunt, invited me down to the WDI archives/library so that they could view and possibly scan my Tiki Room piece for the book.

Yes, please!

I also co-own, with a fellow blogger, a WDI binder from 1962 that was used to catalog all of the styles, orders, and quantities of posters that WDI had produced up to that time. I brought that along just in case. Vanessa and her colleagues were incredibly complimentary about both pieces and scanned them.

Then, the fun began. Vanessa allowed me to view some genuine treasures in the WDI archive. I saw the original Marc Davis sketches and final paintings of these:

HUGE AND AWESOME...AWESOME...AWESOME!

Then, I saw Herb Ryman's original of this:

And she took requests!!! I asked to see this Peter Ellenshaw masterpiece, and was allowed to do so:

Then, certain to be turned down, I ventured a request to see this incredible painting a very special and rare way: under black light. As the words left my lips, I turned around to see Vanessa actually WARMING UP THE BLACK LIGHTS! To my knowledge, and Vanessa confirmed this, the painting had not been seen in public and under black light...EVER! You can see it under black light in an early Disneyland program, but only in black and white. In color, it is stunning...totally incredible...beyond words. The bright red boilers burning in the Jungle Cruise boats...the tiny lights illuminating the interiors of the passenger trains..the blue moonlight reflected in the Rivers of America. It's a completely different painting in the dark.

Thanks to Daveland, here is a shot of Ellenshaw preparing this masterpiece.

I also saw a trove of Marc Davis originals, Mary Blair concepts for Small World, and more Sam McKim than I can name. And the poster composites! Attraction posters that never came to be were paraded under my nose thanks to the amazing cataloging system Vanessa and her department have available on their servers. One in particular was SO amazing (3 Ways to Dine in Frontierland! WITH THE FRITO KID!) that I offered a straight trade for my Tiki cel. No deal. No surprise.

If WDI uses only 10% of what I saw, the book is going to be INCREDIBLE! So many images and comps that have never seen the light of day. A lot of love and care is going into the book, so it's really something to look forward to in the next 18 months or so.

THANKS, VANESSA!!!!!

A GREAT Animated Film

2010-04-28T20:19:00.000-07:00

Nothing to do with Disneyland...again.

I want to highly, highly recommend this film, SITA SINGS THE BLUES. The backstory behind it is incredible, and you can watch the whole thing, legally, on HD YouTube. Do yourself a favor...find 72 minutes and enjoy.

p.s. Why isn't the whole damn YouTube window appearing in the blog? Anyway, don't watch it here. Follow the link to YouTube.

Funniest Thing Ever?

2010-04-23T22:27:00.000-07:00

Kevin Kidney found this, so I deserve no credit. I just think it's absolutely hysterical.

"It's Cream.......of WHEAT!"

REOPENING SOON!

2010-04-20T20:02:00.000-07:00

For those of you still sticking around after 18 months....

Inspired by my weekend with the fellow-bloggers at Knott's last weekend, I'm happy to announce, for those who care, that this blog WILL be back during the first week of June. Posts will be weekly at first, or perhaps more...who knows? But at least once-a-week. I'm really looking forward to it!

Thanks to Mouseplanet for allowing me (I assume...) to use their image.

NEW POST! Disneyland Photo Album w/ Photo - 1956

2008-11-21T20:36:00.000-08:00

I usually don't really go for souvenir-ey stuff, but when I saw that this 1955 photo album actually contained Disneyland photos (as well as Marineland and Beverly Hills) circa 1956, I had to get it.

This guy/gal is my kind of photographer because he/she took a nice shot of some fine attraction posters instead of wasting another exposure on yet more Jungle Cruise/Castle/Main Street shots. A note to all of you time-travelers out there: shoot more of the attraction posters in their natural habitats. And in color, please.

I own or have owned 4 out of 5 of the posters in this shot and wish I could get my hands on one of those 3-stripe Frontierland beauties. And I wish I could fly. Let's see which happens first.

I'm Fine, Thanks

2008-11-06T15:45:00.001-08:00

Thanks for all of your emails of concern for both my back, but more importantly (for you, anyway) my blog.

During my recovery, doing the blog with all of the schleping of binders in and out of storage and my poor posture at the computer made posting impossible. Then, I got better and posting just seemed like a pain, even with all of you out there wondering what the hell happened to me and very nicely waiting for me to resume. I dunno...the truth of it is...I guess I just lost my mojo for it. And, I'm busy as hell.

So...I guess I need to find a way to regain my enthusiasm again. Any ideas?