Small Boy's Dream Come True
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During World War II, Dad's artists designed thousands of insignia for planes, tanks and shoulder patches; over 4000 designs in all. I collected them in scrapbooks, so I ought to know. Uncle Roy figured that each of those insignia cost the studio about twenty-five dollars, and the studio did the work for nothing. That is a pretty big giveaway-$100,000. "How could you turn them down?" Dad asks. "It meant a ...
Clean Sweep For Disneyland
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Nightly operations on the part of 64 men and one power sweeper maintain the cleanliness of one of the world's most famous kingdoms--Disneyland. Keeping the park clean is almost a 24-our job. A crew with brooms and dustpans patrol the park during operating hours, keeping it comparatively free of litter, but the big clean-up job takes place after closing hours.
An 11 man crew works ahead of the ...
Gay '90s Favorites From Main Street, Disneyland
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Do as they do in Disneyland-with an assist from the ice-cream carton-to recapture the treats of yesteryear. These happy ideas are from the famous Ice Cream Parlor, The Coffee House, and Red Wagon Inn, all located on Main Street, U.S.A.
Here are the recipes for Hot Fudge Sauce, French Fries, and Potato Salad.
The Coffee House Manager, Raul Grisanti, says their hot-fudge ice-cream cake is a favorite ...
House Of The Future
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Monsanto's plastic house looks serene amid its landscaping here. Its white, cantilevered wings make cloud reflections in the quiet pool at its base. It looks as though it suited its hillside setting or could fade nicely into a flat plot in the Midwest, or a rocky one in New England, or among the jack pines and live oaks of South Carolina.
The thousands of people who visited the House of ...
Frontierlands Indian Village
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One of the founding principles upon which Disneyland was designed was the preservation of our American heritage.
This principle may be seen in many of the free shows and exhibits in each of Disneyland's realms-and one of the most popular among many free performances is the preservation of Indian traditions and customs in Frontierland's Indian Village.
Built on the banks of ...
New Attractions Mean More Fun For Disneyland Visitors
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Disneyland has taken another giant step forward in the realm of creative and fascinating new adventures ready for this Summer season.
Foremost amongst the "new" which are now ready for the enjoyment of guests at Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom is. the unveiling of the inside of the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Fantasyland.
Previously a landmark to the millions of Disneyland visitors ...
Storybook Land Miniature Kingdom
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Monstro the Whale, once the terror of the deep in the story of "Pinocchio," has acquired a new and vastly different role at Disneyland-that of a friendly "host", to one of the Magic Kingdom's favorite attractions, Storybook Land.
After boarding one of the gaily colored, picturesque European canal boats in Fantasyland, visitors are whisked through the wide open mouth of Monstro and into the ...
Variety Keynotes A Day At The Magic Kingdom
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Disneyland Holiday
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Hop aboard the horse-drawn trolley (or if you prefer a surrey, a double-decked bus, a "horseless carriage" or fire wagon) and let's begin a tour through Disneyland with a jaunt down 1900 Main Street.
To our right as we leave Town Square is the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad Station, where passenger and freight trains depart for a trip around Disneyland. Facing the square are a bank, in ...
What Is Disneyland
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An entirely new concept in family entertainment awaits visitors at Disneyland.
From the moment you enter its nostalgic Main Street of early America, you are transported out of the world of today into a realm where time seems to stand still, where memories of the past and dreams of the future combine to ensure a day in your life that will never be forgotten.
Disneyland is built ...
How To Make A Buck
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Once upon a time, in the magic realm of California, there was a grown-up heady boy named Walt Disney who set out to create the happiest place on earth. So he went into his counting houses and to his moneylenders, and he collected millions of dollars. Then he ordered his royal artists and carpenters to build a whimsical wonderland of spaceships to the moon and Mark Twain river boats, of mechanical monkeys ...
If You Plan To Visit Disneyland
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The wonderful world of make-believe called Disneyland is now two years old, and it continues to delight Westerners by the thousands-small children, teen-agers, adults alike. What's more, it doesn't lose it's luster in a day's visit, nor in two or three. Possibly it never will for a good many visitors.
We won't try to describe in detail this imaginative combination of playland and museum; but we do offer ...
Father Sues Disneyland For Sons Injury
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A petition filed in Superior Court yesterday sought $1250 from Disneyland Inc. as settlement for damages suffered by a teenage boy in a miniature auto.
Garland Sumrall, of 2922 S. Mayflower Ave, stated in his petition to settle a disputed claim that his 10-year-old son. Garland Jr. suffered a broken leg, cuts, bruises and shock from an accident at the Orange Country amusement park April 14, 1956.
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Monsantos House Of The Future
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What will the home of tomorrow look like? Is "push button living" really in store for us in the future? In what stage are plans for the development and furnishing of "futuristic" homes?
The most comprehensive answers to these and other questions about the future of home building are now in the visualization stage at Disneyland with the unveiling of a "plastic house" this past Summer.
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16 Injured As Disneyland Wagon Tips
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The Conestoga wagon ride in Frontierland brought the rough old west back sharply to 16 persons Saturday.
The coach tipped over when its wheels struck soft gravel sending all 16 to hospitals or first aid stations for
treatment of cuts and bruises. No one was injured seriously. Bob Apt, driver of the four-horse wagon, managed to
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1967 To Sprout Wings
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America may see who is at the door front or back without ever leaving her gravy cooking on the range.
This will be accomplished on two-way "Picturephone" which is mounted on the wall. This amazing televiewer phone will enable the housewife call the butcher and select her cut of meat for Sunday dinner right in her own kitchen.
When the command, "come and wash for dinner," is given, no step-up ...
He Spent 21 Million Dollars Just For Fun
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Last week the 9,474,254th visitor walked through the gates of Disneyland since they were opened July 18, 1955.
And just for fun-that these visitors might have the time of their lives - $21 millions have been spent on the fabulous playground at Anaheim by its creator, Walt Disney.
That's not all. Says Disney:
"Disneyland never will be completed. . . . It will continue to grow, to add new ...
Walt Disney's Mechanical Wonderland
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Take one creative genius with idea, engineers with mechanical know-how, a 160-acre orange grove in Anaheim, Calif., and mix thoroughly with $19,000,000. The result? Disneyland, U.S.A.
Walt Disney, the genius behind this playground, has a mind that is constantly busy with new ideas, In fact, he used to bemoan the fact that there was little to do on weekends.
But that was two years ago. Now, Walt has a ...
Truman Visits Disneyland
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Harry and Bess Truman were just another couple of out-of-season tourist here Saturday.
The former president winked cupped his hands and shouted to his wife over the brassy din of a band playing. "I'm Just Wild About Harry":
"Boy, is this plate a rubberneck's paradise."
Then he set off on a 2 1/2 -hour tour of the park at a pace so brisk that his official party and newsmen had to jog to keep ...
