Originally Posted By Darkbeer Amazing great Historic section of the Friday, July 15th, 1955 Long Beach Independent-Press=Telegram Newspaper, 16 pages long. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/21569119/1955-July-15-Independent-Press-Telegram-Disneyland-Paleo-Future" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/doc/2156...o-Future</a> Much of the section is ads from original sponsors and companies involved in building Disneyland. If you love Disneyland History, this is a must read. Also lots of photos from 1955.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer I loved the fact that Disneyland had over 12,000 Parking spaces (and the cost was 25 cents a day) when it opened. That is more than the current Parking Structure..... Also on Page 16, loved the directions to get to Disneyland from San Diego.
Originally Posted By Pollyana Thanks Darkbeer....loved the article. The old ads gave me a look at the good old days. I think I like Disneyland even more as it matures. I never had the chance to see the beginning. I thoroughly enjoy reading any tidbits about the opening days and the crowds and the general atmosphere of a park in the beginning stages of greatness. Thanks again...P
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Thanks for posting this Darkbeer. The official descriptions of the "rides and amusements" on page 16, especially The Canal Boats of The World, are hilarious. Who knew that Mr Toad once ended with a trip through "the Pearly Gates"?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Actually, you always went to Hell. Maybe they just didn't want to put that in the guidebook!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Oh okay. One more surprise was the bit about Aunt Jemima making pancakes and singing to guests in her plantation restaurant. That seems almost unreal. I bet that's something that modern Disney management wouldn't want broadcast.
Originally Posted By Westsider Wow, Darkbeer, what a find! Nice work dude, and thanks for sharing it with us! Hans, there was an Aunt Jemima face character that worked at the restaurant, and she would come out and greet guests dining on the patio through the 1960's.
Originally Posted By Hannibal 8 Interesting detail on page 5... a small section called "To Use Water" mentions that the actress Irene Dunne would christen the Mark Twain with water from all the rivers of America instead of the traditional champaign.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I think I've read that somewhere else, too...I can't remember. That was fun. I downloaded the PDF and am going to print it up. I just hope I'll be able to read it.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <small section called "To Use Water" mentions that the actress Irene Dunne would christen the Mark Twain with water from all the rivers of America instead of the traditional champagne.> That is actually part of the live broadcast events. And during the christening, so many of the guests on the Mark Twain were crowded near the port side (nearest the shore), that the boat started tipping -- causing Dunne to exclaim on the live TV show 'I think we're listing' -- or some such comment.
Originally Posted By ni_teach tashajilek said: "$1 admission, i wonder what that would be equivalent to today?" I do not know what the equivalent would be but keep in mind that the $1 only go you inside the park. You still had to buy tickets for each ride.
Originally Posted By danyoung >And during the christening, so many of the guests on the Mark Twain were crowded near the port side (nearest the shore), that the boat started tipping -- causing Dunne to exclaim on the live TV show 'I think we're listing' -- or some such comment.< I'd have to look at the video to be sure, but I think the boat was listing to starboard, as people slammed on to the boat and went right to the far side to see what there was to see. When she freaked a bit and said "My, we're listing, aren't we?", Art Linkletter's reply was something like "Yes, we're listing because we're getting ready to set sail". And then she cristened the boat with the bottle of water. A very cool moment!
Originally Posted By TempestsPrince tashajilek said: "$1 admission, i wonder what that would be equivalent to today?" Here is a chart that shows inflation based on the Consumer Price Index using 1913 as a base. <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001519.html" target="_blank">http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/...519.html</a> Take the 2008 value and divide by the value of the year you want to compare and you get today's (well, 2008 anyway) value of $1 from that year. Example: 2008 value of 1965 Dollar. 21.57/3.18 = 6.78
Originally Posted By Westsider Or you could just use the inflation calculator. An easy one is found here.<a href="http://www.westegg.com/inflation/" target="_blank">http://www.westegg.com/inflation/</a> $1.00 in 1955 is equal to $7.95 in todays dollars.
