Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Disneyland Prospectus

Disneyland Prospectus Drawing from Boing Boing.

The interwebs are agog over a copy of the original prospectus for Disneyland. This document was in private hands and not part of the Disney archives. Notice that the trains are operating counter clockwise, and also notice the never built roundhouse at the lower left. A monorail is mentioned in the text (see Boing Boing link,) but is stated to be a temporary exhibit and is not pictured in the drawing.

The two YouTube videos below give some insight into the early history of the railroad, and the park:




I always knew Pluto was real!
From: http://www.mouseplanet.com/6778/Steam_Train_Tour_Part_2

And a tender ride on the E.P. Ripley:










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