The Saturday Evening Post - June 28, 1958

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Today’s magazine post is a long one, sorry if your browser is overloaded but this is such a great magazine I had to include all these scans. From June 28, 1958 it’s The Saturday Evening Post.




This five page article has some decent photographs and some excellent text about a three year old Disneyland. If you have time, read the entire article, it’s a nice detailed look at the early days of the park.

The artwork on the articles is simply outstanding, here are a few samples.








No artwork, but too cool!





Some stunning advertisements; did this idealistic world ever really exist? Better question; Can we get it back? I think we could use it right about now.



















I want one of those race cars!





Smoking is gross and will make you have this expression on your face- permanently!

Walt Disney Word - Lake Buena Vista 2 Day Ticket Book - 1976

As Walt Disney World’s 40th birthday inches closer we’ve got yet another Disney World post. From September 1976 this “voided” ticket book was an “exclusive” offer from “Lake Buena Vista Motor Inn Plaza”, looks like the Inn was a pretty hip place (link).

Starting with the back of the ticket book we’ve got a “OK” rendering of the Motor Inn Plaza (I guess that's what it is?) and we see a fine value for $12 – 2 days admission plus 16 adventures in the magic Kingdom, why I’d say it’s a $20.10 value!




The front of the ticket book has a transportation ticket for each day.




Next up main gate admission tickets for two days.





The “Welcome Message”.





Gulf brings you the Walt Disney Story.




The Tickets – too bad they are all stamped “VOID”!




Walt Disney World’s attraction list was finally growing by 1976 – Tomorrowland looks awesome!





Looking ahead to Bonus Sunday here’s few pages of the Walt Disney World Vacationland - Summer 1976

Vacationland Cover Comparison

Looking back at last Sunday's post, a couple of readers commented that the cover looked familiar yet something was different. Here's the cover from Sunday's post from the Spring 1974 issue of Walt Disney World's Vacationland.




Looking at that cover got me thinking about the cover to the Fall-Winter 1981/82 of Disneyland's Vacationland. While not the same artist, the idea is pretty much the same - "Where's Waldo?"!




Download the entire issue here:

Vacationland Fall/Winter 1981-82 – 68.5mb



“Adventures in Peter Pan Country” Better catch those adventures while you can, this whole area, ship, skull and all, would be gone in less than a year (link).

Disney World Opens - Life Magazine October 1971

**** This is a Magazine Monday "Best of" Re-broadcast in honor of Walt Disney World's up coming 40th Birthday ****


Disney World Opens from Life Magazine - October 15, 1971.




Be sure to check out the two page aerial photo. It’s taken from an odd angle and with a super wide fish-eye type lens. This place is disorienting enough for me, but the aerial photos give me weird dreams.










Now for some vintage ads: Oh boy, lets buy a Pinto? “It was alleged that the car's design allowed its fuel tank to be easily damaged in the event of a rear-end collision which sometimes resulted in deadly fires and explosions.” In reality the number of fire related deaths from those early Pintos (over 2 million built) was 27, about the same as any other car of the period. Actually, it’s kind of cute.




Now this is more my size. I once owned a 73 Lincoln Mark IV (similar underneath to this T-Bird) it had those early anti-lock brakes (Sure-Track) and they worked rather well.




Can’t ignore the GM folks, this is the last year before the ugly bumper laws made the front ends look awful!




Moving away from the ads for a moment and for the sports fans, here is a great vintage article about George Allen joining the Redskins after being with the Rams. The “RamSkins” Interesting that his Redskins would loose to Florida (that seasons' undefeated Miami Dolphins) in Superbowl VII (1973) 14 to 7.





Back for two more ads. How about a couple of vices?

Let’s start with some alcohol. Ah yes Seagram's 7 Crown, what a lively looking bunch of folks, look how neat and organized everything is. When my friends and I hang around all day and drink whisky on the rocks in tall glasses, we aren’t quite as well behaved…




***Disclaimer – Cigarettes are gross and they will kill you, don’t do it!*** That said, “The Lady has Taste” Eve cigarettes will always have and odd and disjointed place in my mind, as a 6 year old, these ads really had an profound impact on my little brain. “Smoke Pretty”, Well “Lady”, you’ll look “pretty” in that open casket!

You can read this ENTIRE issue of this Life Magazine here (link) - the link is not my scan, but very cool - I would give proper credit, but I can't read Japanese...

Check out a couple of my other vintage Walt Disney World magazine posts:

Take a LOOK at Disneyworld - April 4, 1971

Boys Life – July 1973

Bonus Sunday - Walt Disney World Vacationland Spring 1974

Welcome to Bonus Sunday. Continuing with the celebration of Walt Disney Worlds upcoming 40th aniversary, here is a super issue of Vacationland, Walt Disney World Edition, Spring 1974







Download the entire 40 page issue here: WDW Vacationland Spring 1974 - 155mb



Some highlights from this awesome issue.












See a matching Ringling Bros. Circus World ticket from an old post here (link).

An East Coast version of Knott's Berry Farm?






Only in Florida (Actually Georgia) would a "Swamp" theme park be possible.