Popular Science - Aprl 1956

Welcome to Magazine Monday! Today’s feature was contributed by TokyoMagic of at the Meet the World Blog. Thanks Tokyomagic for this great magazine article and everyone be sure to check out the “Meet the World” blog.

From April 1956 its Popular Science. This issue has a focus on the “Home Show” with all kinds of ways to improve your home.






While there is no actual reference to Disneyland, I can bet you’ve figured out what the feature article is about…. Yup, homes for Tomorrow(land)!






This is an amazing five page article all about the “Plastic House of the Future”. The little plastic house was just a sparkle in Walt’s eye at this point, in fact, did Walt even know about it in April 1956?










The multiple configurations are really neat, I want a “Mansion” made of plastic! “The Plastic Mansion” the Disneyland attraction that never was….







How about some classic advertisements? Popular Science appears to have a few more color ads than Popular Mechanics. I guess Science is more profitable than Mechanics.

From Tokymagic: “I bet the Evinrude outboard motor is where Disney animators got the name for the dragonfly character in The Rescuers....the one that powers the leaf/boat for Bernard and Bianca. It couldn't just be coincidence could it?” Brilliant observation!






Formica, the 50’s wonder material! My Kitchen counter has red Formica under the 70’s tile, one day I need to get it outta there!






“J-Wax” sounds like a 50’s DJ!  Safe for clear coats? I don’t think so…






Outdoor appliances include the “Blitz Burner” burns leaves, paper, garden waste and was and also available with a grill & charcoal set. Burn your trash and BBQ lunch at the same time!






Here are the first two pages of the article together so you can see the complete artwork. It really did turn out pretty much like the drawing.






And from the Fall of 1957, here’s the House of the Future at its permanent (for 10 years) home at Disneyland.






If you missed this issue of Vacationland from my October post, here it is again.


Disneyland Holiday Fall 1957 – 39mb


Thanks again to TokyoMagic for this great article!

Disneylander - May 1958

Today’s post is another in a series donated by James of at www.keeline.com, please visit his amazing website. He makes my Disneyland publication collection look like tiny in comparison.

The “Disneylander” was an employee publication the preceded the “Disneyland Line” and from I can tell they were issued from 1957 thru 1958. Today’s issue is from May 1958.  I hope you like trains, this issue is pack with them!


Complete May 1958 Disneylander – 17mb




Thank you to James for sharing this, oh, and he has lots more!!!

National Cheerleading Championship Feb. 13, 1988

It's "National Cheerleading Championship" Day(s) February 13 or 20, 1988.

This ticket wont be accused of being exciting or having fabulous artwork. Maybe it's just a "Friday the 13th funk" but this ticket is making me feel weird like the last season of "The Facts of Life".... (it's OK, go ahead and sing the theme song)

Scout Days Passport to Disneyland - February 12, 1962

Scout Days Passport to Disneyland - February 12, 1962.





A quick post today, as I'm mourning the loss of my digital camera :-(. I was at the park yesterday (a beautiful day by the way). I took a monorail side trip to the Disneyland hotel to try and get some photo's of the defunct fountain shown on Daveland's recent post (link). I found the waterfalls first and they were roaring so I took a picture and that was it: Error code "5f08" "5e02"... Looks like I might be reverting to my 8 year old digital camera for a while! Stay tuned for 1/2 a trip report coming soon (I did get about 50 pics of the park before my camera died).

Bank of America at Disneyland Ad - 1956

This is a Spin-off post from Daveland’s awesome Bank on Main Street post from yesterday (link).

This Bank of America advertisement is from Newsweek Magazine August 6, 1956. All I have is this one page, I don’t have magazine otherwise we’d check out some other ads too!

The only mention of Disneyland is in small print just below the painting. The art style is very 1950's and is a little reminiscent of Mary Blair or the Golden Gems books (link). I think the artist's name reads “Diamond”.






I’ll be stopping at the park this afternoon; I’m going to attempt to get an elusive photo of the vault door that’s still inside the Bank of Main Street, my last attempts were blurry-city!

Valentine's Dance Party at Disneyland

It's February 10, 1968 and it's a Valentine's Dance Party at Disneyland!

Not much information for this ticket, it's just look fun!

Ford Times - September 1960

Welcome to Magazine Monday! The magazine formats just keep getting smaller on here on Magazine Monday. This issue of the “Ford Times” from September 1960 measures in at a leaflet size of 5” by 7”.

It’s an interesting little magazine and this month’s focus is the West Coast (Traveled to in a Ford of course). There are very few photos, instead most of the pictures appear to be original artwork and most of it is pretty darn good. I sure like this “1960” style of paintings.

The front cover “Maritime Day in San Francisco” is a painting by Louis Macouillard who also illustrates a super four page article on San Francisco’s Pacific Festival, that complete article follows the Disneyland article.






The table of contents and inside cover. The Old Bale Mill shown in the painting on the left is still standing today (link).






The Disneyland article is seven pages long, but the pages are so small that the scans will be shown two pages at a time. The text is by Art Linkletter and done in his usual charming and family oriented style, what a wonderful person. The paintings are by Ralph Hulett and a few of them are truly frame worthy, too bad they’re only a few inches in size!












One of the few article’s with an actual photo, The Tioga Road. I think those are photographs?






“The Pacific Festival of San Francisco”. I’ll confess to not reading this article, the artwork was so amazing it overtook the words.









There are no advertisements in the “Ford Times” so here’s a fun article about an Amphibious Pickup Camper. This thing looks really cool, the article talks about the looks you get on the water.






According to the article five have been produced by a private company. I wonder if it ever caught on.






Maybe it did catch on, here’s an advertisement from Popular Mechanics July 1961. This Ford ad shows the “Pontoon Sports Body” as a dealer option!






The back cover. I have extended family in La Porte Indiana, Hi Everyone! Check out that four digit phone number. Did you know that in 1892 La Porte Indiana became the first city in the United States to install an automatic telephone exchange? (Link).






The last couple of scans are high resolution versions of my favorite paintings in this Disneyland Set. I wonder where the originals ended up.

Bonus Sunday - Part 2

Welcome to Bonus Sunday – Part 2.

This Summer 1962 issue of Vacationland is only 24 pages including the covers, but it’s full of classic early Disneyland articles.


Vacationland Summer 1962 – 50mb






The colorful centerfold is the standard stuff but still fun to look at.






Here’s a sampling of the Disneyland articles in this issue that will certainly make you want to download and read it. It sounds like I’m trying to sell you these things doesn’t it? Hey, you can’t beat the price!












Come back tomorrow for "Magazine Monday".

Bonus Sunday - Part 1

Welcome to Bonus Sunday, Part 1. 

From yesterday’s Disney’s California Adventure post, here’s the entire promotional brochure. It’s a large download, but truly an amazing piece of work. The excitement was palatable and the expectations were very high.  Too bad the budget was too low…


The Great California Adventure Brochure – 150mb






If you’re not that into DCA, understood, me either. However, after reading thru this brochure I think it's time to reconsider and give the second gate a second chance. A bunch of talented people put a lot of hard work into the place, it deserves a better look.

If you don’t want to give California Adventure a second chance, at least check out the first four pages (shown below) from the brochure. The Map is very well done and the other three pages tell the story of how the Disneyland and surrounding area had to be upgraded in order to handle the new park.