Welcome to Magazine Monday. Today’s post of two
Fortnight magazines is a kind of a repeat. These haven’t officially been part of Magazine Monday since they it appeared in a couple of separate posts last year. In case you missed them (of forgot you saw them) I’ve repackaged both issues into one post and added more vintage advertisements & articles.
First up,
"Fortnight" Magazine, from
November 17, 1954. "California's Own Magazine".![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzhHWA-ItwgzspBSnhWXVZmbnz4s1Wx1jnmNK-RnazHotRUNrULFN4CnKQJbl7GiN1NmzBuLwOoZSbsyf9YdAy8L0Es0opbGH5t95N0hd-GM3uOktY3fDzgIcH_2X9ovHgxE0Fc1VLAA/s400/Fortnight+1954_001.JPG)
Each realm is a “Land” of its own; Adventure Land, Tomorrow Land, etc. “Pirates” in Frontier Land, it will never happen.
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“A Paddle Wheel river boat (capacity of 300)” I always heard they didn’t figure out the “capacity” until after the park opened and the Mark Twain almost capsized?
“Passengers can identify the places they are passing; Mt. Vernon, New Orleans, Mobile.”? “Drink root beer at Paul Bunyan’s Bar”. Looks like there were some changes to the plan after this was written.
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And now a couple articles. Back when Sears was king of retail. If you’re into vintage stores, check out Pleasant Family Shopping blog (link), I visit there daily.
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Trains buffs take note of this article; The Slim Princess, soon to end, “California’s only remaining narrow gauge line”.
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Couldn't you just image that engine at Disneyland?
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For some color, here’s a great ad for Old Sunny Brook Brand whisky. That looks just like me and my friends when we go camping: coffee, whiskey, a large ax and fishing poles, ah the good life.
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Park Lane, seems a little pricey to me. Well, its does have touch plate wiring and a radio controlled garage door, I’m sold.
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If you live in a hot climate, I believe there is still some truth to this. Nothing beats commercial air conditioning when its 114 outside.
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From
August 1955 it’s
Fortnight. Now a "Magazine of the Pacific Coast”.
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Three whole pages of luscious black and white were used to “
review” that new "
Disneyland" place, and well, they really aren’t so nice. Read it for yourself and see if you hear a certain “tone” “
undoubtedly the crowds would drop off and there would be price adjustments” they were half right!
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All of these photos on the following two pages are new to me, having only seen them here. I wish they were in color and better quality, but still fun to look at. That stagecoach running thru the “mud hole” looks completely unfamiliar to me, anyone else?
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No American car ads in this magazine, I guess those cars weren’t for people of the “
Pacific Coast”? Fun little
Triumph TR2, over 100mph and 35 mpg! Hey, it's not parked on the Pacific Coast!!!
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This kitchen looks very familiar. My “
Cinderella” model
1958 track house has pretty much the same kitchen.
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Non-stop coast to coast in style! A DC-7 cruises at 355mph, that’s about 8 hours, a huge improvement of the old way!
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Check out the prices of the “
Gracious Living” homes!
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Vintage
Marineland ad, it opened in
1954.
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The back cover with some great 50’s artwork demonstrating how wonderful France was to visit, “
Meet a King”.
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