Disneyland Stationery - Part 2

Let's look at a few more samples of Disneyland letterhead. Up first for Tokyo Magic, I believe this is the flat printed version that replaced the neat gold embossed letterhead from yesterday's post.





This fun sheet came to me via Matterhorn1959.





Proving Major's theory that studios made custom letter head for "not-very-good movies" - Ok its a TV show, but still...





This post needs color! Again this was probably used for special event and Magic Kingdom Club announcements.

Disneyland Stationery - Part 1

It’s time to finally post some sheets from my stack of Disneyland “Stationery”. I’ve collected these for a while now; I like to pretend they were typed on with fancy IBM Selectric typewriters and say wonderful things, my own version of Imagineering.

Up first from 1980 its Disneyland 25 with its chrome lettering to match the guide books (link) and other “25” materials.





This is probably my favorite Disneyland stationery, I’ve seen it from the early 70’s thru the early 80’s.





Almost the same as above but the street address font is a bit tighter and of course “The New Fantasyland” is proudly announced.





Let’s get some color into this post! Not technically stationery, I believe these were used for event flyers and Magic Kingdom Club announcements.

Disneyland Aerial Shot

This aerial photo of Disneyland is undated but must be from 1982 or early 1983 as Fantasyland is undergoing its transformation into the "New Fantasyland". If you want a closer look, here's the 4800dpi Photoshop file of the negative (LINK to PSD File - 132mb!). ** Here's a .TIF version too!(LINK to TIF File - 133mb!). **

United Air Lines Make Believe Tours - 1970

Incorporating United Air Lines Make-Believe Tours at Disneyland and Universal Studios. This great United Air Lines brochure is from April 1970. You don’t see much cross-promotion of Disneyland and Universal Studios, but United Air Lines was able to combine the two for its Make-Believe Tours packages.





Naturally the Enchanted Tiki Room gets mentioned as well as “thousands” of other experiences available at Disneyland.





Hey I think I’ve seen one of those United Airlines Special Ticket Books, but where?





Universal Studios was pretty expensive!




Wow - look at all that vacant land surrounding the Sheraton Universal Hotel.




Decisions decisions…. I think I’ll check out the “Inn of Tomorrow”…

The Ride to the Future Has Begun!

This undated (but I think it’s from 1997) flyer announced a major step in the Resort Expansion of Disneyland. At the risk of sounding smarmy, this flyer was really announcing the end of an era and the beginning of a billion dollar mistake. I’m offended at the use of Mr. Toad to “soften the blow” of the loss of the Cast Parking Lot - Toad is in no way responsible for Disney’s California Adventure.





Looks like the decal might have been the better choice, although an ice cream bar does sound good, it might not scan to well 10 years later. This large decal is high quality and is one of those “reverse” decals that you place behind glass (I stuck it to a clear piece of plastic to scan it). Were you suppose to put this in your car window?

Disneyland Snapshots - July 1958 - Focus Please!

If only… If only the photographer of these July 1958 Disneyland photos knew the meaning of focus. If only there was some color left too…. Oh well, a three year old Disneyland is neat to look at even blurry and with very little color.

First up the Mark Twain in all its blurriness, fun “cargo” boxes on the dock.





Something tells me those flowers did actually grow in white and magenta.





At first I thought that was a long & sleek Viewliner behind the Indian, but I suppose it’s just the roof of the passenger train cars!





Mrs. & Miss Blurry are smiling(?) for the “framing & focus challenged” photographer.





And lastly the least blurry photo has some weird reflection. Wow these were boring huh?





This is a “Kodacolor Print”. Hey the color on the date stamp held up better than the color in the photos!

FilmFax Plus Magazine - December 2005

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Today’s magazine is once again not “vintage” but the Disneyland related article is so cool we’ll allow it. Filmfax (plus) is a magazine of “Unusual Film, Television & Pop Culture”. You can still purchase this cool “retro feel” sci-fi magazine here (link). Today’s issue from December 2005 features an amazing article on Disneyland’s Flying Saucers.




This seven page article is an exhausting and fascinating look at this neato attraction that was a hit in Tomorrowland from 1961 to 1966. After reading this all you need is the operating manual and you’ll be a Flying Saucer expert.






I can only image the sound of hundreds (thousands?) of Morgan Valves flapping at once! Bob Gurr got a US Patent for his “Amusement Ride Car” - with the right paint job that thing would still be in style today!




The shutdown and start up sequence sounds daunting; do you suppose computers would have made it better or worse? Let’s not forget the Rocket-Rods and their computers that were over sensitive, a modern computer might shut the old Flying Saucers down every ten minutes!










For some awesome color photos of the Flying Saucers in action, see Daveland’s excellent post from last week here (link).





What self-respecting sci-fi magazine wouldn’t include some Robby the Robot photos? This magazine has a whole seven page article on Robby!










I gotta admit I love the retro feel of this magazine, yes the pages are pretty much like newspaper, but it sure takes me back the sci-fi magazines of the 70’s… Here's the back cover.

Disneyland Special "Youth" Ticket Book - 1963

Taking another look at a page from the Magical “Ticket Binder” this Disneyland Special “Youth” ticket book is something I’ve only seen in the binder. Dated 1963 we've only got partial scans but man is that “Youth” font cool, the “Y” is embracing the word “Special”.




These fantastic tickets sported a “Y” serial number prefix, for “youth” I would guess. If anyone has one, or has even seen one, please let me know. I wonder what the Main Gate Admission ticket looks like?

Disneyland Stub Tickets to Ride

I’m in the mood for some Vintage Disneyland Stub Tickets. From the mythical “Ticket Binder” these three pages of “stub” tickets are a nice representation of the individual ride tickets that could be purchased (I think) at each attraction. As you can tell by some of the attractions, these are pretty old! I could look at these all days long.

Portfolio Magazine - December 2007

Welcome to Magazine Monday. From the “not exactly vintage” stack today we’ve got Portfolio Magazine from December 2007.





“Not in Mickey’s Backyard” is an interesting (if not sorta dry) look at Disneyland and the Suncal project back in 2007 (link). Some nice photos and a claim that Disneyland’s street address number (1313) was chosen by Walt because it represents the 13th letter in the alphabet “M” so 1313 is MM – Mickey Mouse. Anyone know if that’s true?







I've never seen that photo of Walt - He's driving a "regular" Autopia Car, neat!