Family Circle Magazine - December 1958

***Repost from December 2009 ***

From December 1958 we’ve got Family Circle Magazine. This issue features the tale of “A Christmas Adventure in Disneyland”. The Disneyland story covers eleven pages and has poems and song lyrics accompanying it.






As you can see my copy of this Magazine is not only old and faded, but appears to have some decent water damage as well. And naturally the Disneyland article has the worse damage!






Rather than present dull, faded, stained pages, I just so happen to have the same story as told via a 1958 Disneyland Record. This grand LP included a full size booklet in between the covers and has held up remarkably well for 51 years.






The inside cover describes what’s on the record.






How about listening to the record as you follow along reading the story? I recorded each side of the LP, the files are below. No video this time, I discovered you get much better sound quality when you connect the stereo directly to the computer. That said, this record is 51 years old and has its share of pops & scratches.

The narration is a bit annoying, with the worse Mr. Toad impression I’ve ever heard. However, the record is fun to listen to. You MUST check out the song “Jingle Bones” at 10:30 on side one, classic late ‘50’s Disney at its best.



Adventure Christmas Adventure in Disneyland - Side 1 (9mb)


Adventure Christmas Adventure in Disneyland - Side 2 (7mb)



The 11 pages of the story are below. They are posted without interruption, my only comments are; WOW – amazing artwork and Gee- what a neat story. Merry Christmas!


























Some of the other “Story Teller” series of Disneyland Records available in 1958. I have few of these, most are fairly rare including this one.







Now back to the magazine. These sets of pages represent all things Christmas in 1958. Each of these five articles is spread over two pages. I did a decent job of stitching them together but you will notice color variations on each of the two pages. It appears to have been printed that way or half the pages faded more than the other half.

A hearthside supper for your tree-trimmers.






A cheery welcome – check out that snack cart, yummy!






This marvelous buffet includes a “Chicken-cranberry Mold” yuck…






“Cooky fantasies to charm children” Those cookies mounted on the wall are not for human consumption, I know this for a fact…






Sugar Dandies indeed!






"Stockings to treasure” – paging Kevin Kidney.






How about some vintage holiday time advertisements? Up first a classy lady for Pepsi, nice hat – especially created by Sally Victor for Pepsi.






This lady must be related to Barbara Billingsly?






Bake a “Mystery Fruitcake” from Betty Crocker. Aren’t all Fruitcakes mysteries?






“No shrink, no waste” precooked sausage from Disneyland sponsor Swift Meats.






More Christmas cookies with recipes, this time from Ceresota Flour (unbleached – naturally white). Have you ever heard of “Ceresota Flour”, I sure haven’t.






Mazola was way ahead of the health food curve, promoting corn oil as more heather than regular oil (lard).





I hope you enjoyed this little Christmas treat.

New Magic Kingdom Club Cards - 1968

If you're a Magic Kingdom Club member (in 1968) there's a crop of brand new membership cards waiting for YOU!  They're practically growing on trees.  Also don't miss Disneyland's Fabulous Holiday Extravaganza (insert announcer voice here) "Walt Disney's Fantasy on Parade".

At the bottom of the club card poster is a coming soon notice for "Operation Mouse".  In case your not familiar with "Operation Mouse", below is a re-post showing the Operation in operation.

***********  Re-post **************

This flyer promoting Operation Mouse was from at a post back in January 2009 (link).







Right after I posted the flyer in 2009 a blog reader contacted me and we made an exchange. I got myself a real Operation Mouse Money 50¢ coupon thing (link). As an added bonus it’s on that wonderful “castle and star” paper.





Notice the expiration date in 1969; these were literally “January Only”.





Another great blog reader recently sent me some great scans of more Operation Mouse Money, thank you Mr. Disney Dollar collector! This copy from Winter 68-69 Disney News came with the coupons.





Wow, a couple interesting things to note here. First, these are two different colors than my sample above? And neither one matches the colors of the samples in my flyer at the top? What gives?





Notice the expiration date; 1968? My flyer is dated 12/68 clearly intended for January 1969.





These “voids” have very low serial numbers; maybe these were tests done earlier in 1968 so it made sense to print 1968? Or maybe they did this promotion in 1968 as well as 1969? Jason, what’s the database got say on “Operation Mouse”?

Merry Christmas from 1979

Mickey Mouse was only 50 when he was the focus Walt Disney Productions Christmas Card for 1979.







Who is Judy Nuzum? Would'nt it be great if someone had an index or "database" of all the Disneyland employees over the years???

Fantasy on Parade - December 18, 1967

On December 17, 1967 at 3:00pm Disneyland was premiering "Fantasy on Parade" and with this special ticket (park admission not included) you'll be getting a seat in the "Reserved Seating Section". According to Jason's Disneyland Almanac the park was open from 10am until Midnight so you've got plenty of time before and after the 3:00pm parade. The weather was a high of 64, low of 41, the evening also had the Candlelight Procession & Ceremony.




This ticket is a rebroadcast from a December 18, 2008 post (link) The Gala Premiere of Walt Disney’s Fantasy on Parade - Saturday Evening December 18 – 8:00 PM.

Ship me to Disneyland!

Return postage guaranteed.

Horseless Carriage Gazette - Nov. - Dec. 1955

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Today’s magazine is an oldie, from November-December 1955 it’s the Horseless Carriage Gazette. The cover features a well-lit Main Street Cinema at night on what appears to be New Year’s Eve, although the “Happy New Year” on the banner appears to be “added” after the photo was taken.




The inside cover features some nice color photos, those cars a truly priceless today.




Let me know if there are any articles that interest you and I’ll post them next Sunday.





The Horseless Carriages do look at home on Disneyland's Main Street don’t they? 80 of them turned out for the event on a “recent Sunday” Hmmm, I can‘t find this event in my Disneyland Almanac, Jason, what gives?






There are some real bargains to be had here!




Fun reprint of some old Sears Catalog toys.




The color photographs on the inside of the back cover are interesting in themselves. That sure looks like Knott’s Berry Farm in the top photo! And the bottom right photo is “Ward Kimball’s Locomotive”, neat!




Mobilgas Special - Contains Lead, YES!