Teen Magazine - September 1962

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Today we’ve got Teen Magazine from September 1962. If you missed the first Teen Magazine Monday post (February 1961), check it out here (link).






The Disneyland article is this issue is all about Grad Nite 1962. You can see a “live” Grad Nite 62’ dance photo over at Daveland’s blog (link) and my parents at Grad Nite 62’ here on my blog (link).






There are a lot of great photos in this article; some are pretty bright for night time!










Here’s a nice four page article on our cover girl Ann Margret.






Wow, Ann is looking pretty sultry here. I always wondered, did Viva Las Vegas help her acting career or kill it?






Cover guy Bobby Rydell gets a small side note in this “Fad’s and Fancies” page.






Now for some classic vintage advertisements. “Brush 3 ways clean the Colgate Way!”






Mary Tyler Moore? Jackie Kennedy? Nope, just fashions by Betty Barclay.






I guess the teens targeted in this magazine were girls! This adds a whole new means to “go for the ring”.






Life as a teen in the early 60’s was about choices, so you decide which one is best for you.






Lastly, how about some Big Daddy comics? Either this isn’t funny or I just don’t get it, probably both.

Magazine Monday - Bottom of the Barrel

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Yes Magazine Monday still lives, sort of. We've pretty much reached the bottom of the stack, to the sub-obscure section. Since were getting at the “not to exciting” issues, you get two for one today.

Up first, from February 1986 if LIFE Magazine. LIFE was still a large format magazine in 1986, not the HUGE size it used to be, but still large at 10” by 13”. Bathing Beauties, what is this Sport Illustrated?






The Disneyland article is short and sweet at just two pages. I tried to paste the two pages together but Photoshop kept corrupting the whole mess so I gave up.






8,000 pounds of latex, what would the Green Police say about that today?







How about a few 1980’s vintage advertisements? It’s the Movie everyone’s been waiting to pay $89 for a fuzzy VHS tape. It's in my collection of VHS tapes.






This issue is full of cigarette and alcohol ads, who ran this magazine the Carrington’s? What’s with that weak Surgeon General’s warning? How about WARNING: “Smoke and Die”. And how about not even thinking of smoking near aviation fuel?






The guy on the left thinks something is really funny - he knows lamp shades will be involved later.






From July 26, 1992 it’s everyone favorite “Soap Opera” Magazine. I’m not missing the 90’s yet…






The cast from the famous soap “Santa Barbara” are Day Tripping at Disneyland in this silly two page spread.






There's only one advertisement in this magazine and it’s for, you guessed it, cigarettes! Eve’s style had evolved by the 1980’s, just like the women’s movement. “Made with gently steamed tobacco” alright, I not a woman or a smoker, but that sounds disgusting – sorta like sucking on a wet ashtray…

Walt Disney's Magazine - June 1957

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Looking back to June 1957 today’s we’ve got Walt Disney’s Magazine (formerly Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club Magazine). If you missed any of my previous Walt Disney Magazine posts, be sure and check them all out here (link).






Disneyland gets just a brief mention in this issue, but it's still fun. Some of Paul Hartley’s amazing illustrating talent on display. Fascinating history of the Carrousel. Nice shots of Disneyland’s Carrousel in action, great 10¢ admission sign! “The scene around the carrousel is gay as a medieval fair”.






Another superb illustration, this one is by Jacques Rupp who designed the Disneyland logo (link).






Paul Hartley again, simple yet so effective.






This artist is not credited but it does look like Jacques Rupp’s style. It also looks like the Rainbow Desert!






Here’s the only two advertisements in the magazine. Mickey Mouse Shoes and Mouseketeer Round-up (Woody’s?) boots.






Krazy Ikes, I remember getting these used at rummage sales when I was a little kid. The connectors were always either broken or worn out. Hey, wasn’t “Ike” the president of the United States in 1957?






Just fill out this form, mail it in and you too can receive Walt Disney’s Magazine. Go ahead and do it Major, let us know what they say.

Knott's Berry Farm Train - February 1961 and ???

A quick follow-up post to Majors great Knott's post on Wednesday (link) here's the Knott's train again in all its glory from February 1961. I guess there must have been (still are?) two trains at Knott's since my 1961 Photo is of engine #40 and Major's 1963 photo is of engine #41.






This slide of the train is undated but is handwritten "54 Trip", its also one of those slides that "glass" so its was hard to scan with any clarity. Nice car parked in Ghost town!






And just for good measure, here's the General Merchandise Store from an undated "Blackhawk Films" souvenir slide.

Camping and Trailering Guide - January 1971

Welcome to Magazine Monday. From deep down in the obscure stack it’s the January 1971 issue of Camping and Trailing Guide. Nice 1971 Chevy Suburban, I bet it’s got a 454 with the LS5 option; 365hp – 850cm carb, dual exhaust – pulling that trailer you’d get about 6mpg, maybe.






An RV Traveler’s Guide to Disneyland is an odd article. I hope you enjoy this picture of the Castle; it’s the one photo of Disneyland in the entire article.






As you’ve probably guessed, this article has very little to with Disneyland other than telling you it doesn’t open until 10am. Trailerland at 1211 S. Harbor Blvd is now a hotel (map).






Lots of talk about Vacationland (nice name!) campground opening in the summer of 1971 at 1441 S. West Street, which is now 1441 S. Disneyland Drive and is part of the Disneyland Hotel parking lot (map).






The Cover story is all about America’s Top Ten Tow Cars, no Toyota Tundra’s in 1971! I’m am loving that Two door Pontiac Catalina.






Check out Chevy’s Disappearing Tailgate!






I had one of those Clamshell station wagons (GM produced them from 1971-76) mine was a 1976 Buick. The Glass slid up in the rood and the tail gate slid down under the floor, all at once with the turn of a key.








How about a few vintage Camping/Travel Advertisements? Airstream Trailers always seemed so cool to me, very purpose built. However, I’m not sure you should drive it up that close to the river! That area looks familiar?






Here’s a photo I took in October of 2003 at Slide Rock, which is part of Oak Creek Canyon just north of Sonoma Arizona. If you turned around in this photo it looks remarkably similar to the Airstream photo above.






Those fold-away campers always seemed flimsy to me. The “bed supports” don't look very strong.






Alaska looks like Camper's Paradise!

New West Magazine - December 4, 1978

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Today we’ve got lots of Disney articles is the December 4, 1978 edition of New West Magazine. New West was started in 1972 by New York Magazine to cover California life. “The Disney Vision” is a series of lengthy articles with lots of text.






A great article, with a lot to say. I’m thinking the editors had the feeling that the more words the more intellectual it will seem.

At the end of the article John Hench notices the trees on Main Street have grown too large and are out of scale, "I guess we're going to have to do something about that" he says, and in 1981 they did so something about it (link).

Cartoons Come Back! Funky early Pinocchio sketch.






Interesting stuff here… Lord of the Rings? More about that later.








Everyone seemed to know the upcoming ECPOT was not Walt’s vision, so why bother?












A sign of the times…







How about some vintage advertisements? Most of the ads are for booze, this being the best one, give Amaretto to a Priest, whisper in his ear then watch him smile.






The American car companies were in a world of hurt in 1978 (has history repeated itself?) therefore there is a noticeable lack of any ads from them. VW of course stepped right in and was ready to sell you a Rabbit (pulled from a hat of course).






Ok, technically this is an American car company, but this cute little Challenger was imported from Japan. Gotta love that interior!






“The New Toyota Truck” nah, it’ll never sell.






“The Lord of the Rings”. I must have completely missed this back in 1978. Most notable for its extensive use of “rotoscoping”, this movie looks pretty bad (link).






Glad Rags indeed.






What? You can record a show and watch a different one at the same time, pure magic. I bet within 10 years everyone will have a BetaMax in their living room.