Double0Kevin Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 It's cool to see all of this and think that all those people were probably visiting for their first time since the park was still relatively new... I mean Walt was still alive during this time. Really, really cool!
ILoveRides Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 Excellent photos with helpful commentary! Thanks for taking the time to post it. That was a really cool and rare look back in time!
singemfrc Posted July 25, 2012 Author Posted July 25, 2012 Glad people are enjoying it, even more glad I seem to have posted it correctly
jamesayers Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 Amazing pictures. I remember going to the park several times back in that period (living 30 miles away helped). I would lost all of my pictures during Hurricane Katrina, could you please send me the original full resolution scans? Â Thanks, Â Jim Ayers
STR8FXXXINEDGE Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Wow, this is incredible! Like others have said, the photos look great for being from that time period, and also for being scanned in from slides. Hell, they look better than some of the digital photos I've seen posted, haha. Seriously though, thanks for taking the time to post these and for the detailed captions. I love the mermaids!
darklingscribe Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Great photos and a fascinating trip report, thanks for taking the time to scan them in.
cymonster-rex Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 in the storybook area with the Matterhorn in the background is that part of the Matterhorn still there
Ace Of Spades Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Thanks for posting these! I love seeing retro park photos, especially early ones from DL!
boweryboy Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 This trip report is all kinds of awesome! Â I have some photos of me from my first visit to Disneyland in 1974 (I was four years old) but none of them compares to these. Â Thanks!
coasterofthepast Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Wow,set The Wayback machine Mr. Beabody fantastic pix. What a good time back then.
Chrisrad Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 I really enjoyed looking at these pictures!! It's incredible to see how the park has changed over the years. Â
jdcoffeytime Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Amazing pictures! Thank you for sharing! I like the Tom Sawyer raft with the employee that has no shoes on! At least that's what it looks like! Super themed! Again, great photos!
singemfrc Posted July 26, 2012 Author Posted July 26, 2012 Amazing pictures! Thank you for sharing! I like the Tom Sawyer raft with the employee that has no shoes on! At least that's what it looks like! Super themed! Again, great photos!You're right I hadn't even noticed that! Very cool!
pianojohn Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Awesome photos! Â Maybe we need a Retro Photo TR section for anything from 1980 or earlier! Â Thanks again for posting.
Mickey1929 Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Thanks to you now I more able to understand what the Guest could experience in the old styled MagicKingdom. Of course I found a lot of pictures and recit , but no one was immersive like yours.
Cyrbuzz Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 I love pictures of parks from a bygone era, it stirs my imagination and wishing to be able to travel back to a time when they were brand new. It's really cool to compare the parks from how they started to how they look today. Those pics are in pretty good shape for their age.
cfc Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 My parents have some eight-millimeter footage my Dad shot there back in the 1950s. It's so weird being able to see the then-burning settler's cabin from all sides, thanks to the still very young trees and bushes planted on Tom Sawyer's Island.
singemfrc Posted July 27, 2012 Author Posted July 27, 2012 Thanks to you now I more able to understand what the Guest could experience in the old styled MagicKingdom.Of course I found a lot of pictures and recit , but no one was immersive like yours. You're welcome. Those slides sat in a closet for 50 years before I decided to scan and restore them, there's probably a lot more out there like 'em that no one has taken the time to digitize.
Andrewoplis Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Wow, this is so awesome! Thanks for sharing this.
the ghost Posted July 30, 2012 Posted July 30, 2012 Amazing! How did I miss this. I love Disneyland more than almost anywhere on Earth... to the point where I literally refer to it as my second home. These are some amazing pictures!
PortugePunk Posted July 30, 2012 Posted July 30, 2012 these are wonderful! thanks so much for sharing!
Brandy524 Posted July 30, 2012 Posted July 30, 2012 What an amazing look at the park! And I agree with everyone else, awesome quality of the pictures. You did a great job restoring them!
gisco Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Love all the pictures of the long gone rides. I miss the pirate ship restaurant. I used to love going there to get a tuna melt sandwich. I'm going to go through my Mom's old photos to see what she has of the park. We used to go there a lot in the early 60's. Nice report!
singemfrc Posted August 8, 2012 Author Posted August 8, 2012 Love all the pictures of the long gone rides. I miss the pirate ship restaurant. I used to love going there to get a tuna melt sandwich. I'm going to go through my Mom's old photos to see what she has of the park. We used to go there a lot in the early 60's. Nice report! Thanks, I'd love to see your photos too if you find some.
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