Vintage Disneyland Postcards Part 1.

While recently visiting Long Island New York, I was fortunate enough to stumble onto a bunch of Vintage Disneyland Postcards. Unfortunately There is no exact year marked anywhere on the postcards, so I only have the $0.25 price tag and some of the attractions to give an estimate of what time period these are from...

The biggest difference between back then and now is the way people dressed.

Perhaps one day Cascade Mountain will make a return to Disneyland....

I do wish the old style Jungle Cruise boats would make a return too. 

                                   

The rockwork on the Jungle Cruise has definitely been updated over the years. 

I think this view of Tomorrowland is a pretty good indicator of the time period that these shots were from. 

Notice the land that the Matterhorn belonged to....

Tomorrowland?

Matterhorn Bobsleds opened in 1959 so these post cards must be from after that.

The original single car bobsleds were replaced by newer 2-car models in 1978, so definitely before then. 

In it's earlier years, guide maps showed Matterhorn Bobsleds under Tomorrowland. By '72, the mountain had been officially moved into Fantasyland where it remains to this day.

The Autopia photo above is the only one of this set to show cartoon versions of the Disney characters drawn over the photograph.

This set shows a layout of Fantasyland that dissapeared around 1983. Many things have since moved.  The carousel looks just about the same as it does now, but it's place is now in the center of fantasyland where The Mad Tea Party is shown above. 

The Fantasyland Skyway is definitely one of the old rides that I'd like to see return to Disneyland in some shape or form.

This is the old souvenir paper bag that the postcards were found in. The detail in the print is awesome. 

Stay tuned for more updates on all the Vintage Disneyland postcards that I found. In between finishing much delayed shoes, I'll be posting scans of all the postcards here and posting videos of them over at heep://youtube.com.danoflorez subscribe and follow along.

All postcards are images take for and by the Walt Disney Company. I have no affiliation or claim to ownership of any images oh this posting other than the scan of the souvenir bag. 

   

Permanecer Sentados Por Favor

By Dan-O Florez

 What better way to start off Monday than with the Matterhorn?

A few months ago I came up with an idea to post a "mystery Matterhorn"listing in my shop. The listing was for a custom painted pair of TOMS themed to the Matterhorn. The catch was that the buyer did not get to know what the design was until it arrived at their door. Being that this is kind of risky for any buyer I offered the listing at $95 (TOMS shoes cost $50 so I would be doing the artwork for $45 considering how many hours it takes to paint a pair of shoes, I was working for peanuts.)  This listing was really because I wanted to do the design and get it out into the world. I already had an idea in my head of what the design would entail but I wasn't 100% on all the details. 

(photo credit: http://www.disneyorama.com/images/matterhornclosed.jpg)

I started by looking up photos of Matterhorn signage and found this sign that gets used when the ride is down for refurbishments. As you can see above I used that as a basis for an image I created to be used on T-shirts. 

Here is a series of photos showing the progression of the mountain as it was painted. Starting with gray, white, and lastly adding in the green trees, and yellow/white sun, and red border.

(photo credit: http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/yeti-2.jpg)

What Matterhorn inspired artwork would be complete without an appearance from Harold the yeti?

Because of the various shades and shadowing needed for Harold's fur, I used a combination of a creamy light brown and white to give it that messy hair kind of look.

You may have noticed in the photos just above that I painted the sides white with orange and pink stripes. That inspiration came from these photos of an older Matterhorn.

(photo credit: www.coastergallery.com/2005/Matterhorn8.jpg)

(photo credit: www.insidethemagic.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Lot_74-_Matterhorn_Bobsleds_Attraction.jpg)

Added small Yeti foot print to the outer heel of the shoe. Placing a small object on the outer heel to the side of the TOMS tag has become a signature element in many of my Disney inspired designs

This design can be ordered in my webstore at DanOFlorez..com

Until next time, please remain seated and keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at all times.

Photo Courtesy of DisneyPhotos84 on Instagram also known as Travis of the Neverlanders Social Club