I wanted to create a fun Peanuts themed outfit and ran across this adorable cotton fabric. I bought enough to make a lace trimmed skirt. I paired it with a black shirt and my Snoopy crossbody bag. I've worn this checked newsboy cap before to Knott's Berry Farm.
Walt Disney begins testimony before the United States House Un-American Activities Committee. During the “Red Scare,” many Hollywood actors and actresses, as well as members of the United States government, were suspected of being Communists. Some politicians and celebrities, including Alger Hiss, Lucille Ball, and Humphrey Bogart, were accused. Others, such as Walt Disney and Ronald Reagan, chose to testify, asserting that Communism was infiltrating Hollywood.
Beginning on October 24, 1947, Disney named several of his former employees, believing them to have been influenced by Communism and attempting to spread it throughout the film industry. Another famous figure to appear during this stage of the Cold War was Joseph McCarthy, a Republican US Senator from Wisconsin. McCarthy often alleged that Communists had infiltrated the American government, media, and universities. The House Un-American Activities Committee was dissolved in 1975. Primeval World is a brief stop on the Disneyland Railroad at Disneyland. It was originally part of the Ford Magic Skyway attraction, which debuted at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. This piece was inspired by the “Rite of Spring” segment from the 1940 Disney animated feature film Fantasia.
Visitors to Primeval World can observe a variety of dinosaurs in their natural environment after traveling back in time. This includes an Edaphosaurus forest, a swamp with a feeding herd of Brontosaurus and Pteranodons perched on rocks and waterfalls, a Triceratops family and their nest, an Ornithomimus group at a small watering hole in a scorching desert, and a Tyrannosaurus fighting a Stegosaurus in a volcanic landscape. When the park first opened on July 17th in 1955, a single $1.00 admission ticket was sold at the park’s main entry gate, while tickets for each individual attraction could be purchased at the ticket booths located throughout the park. There were general booths located throughout the lands, like Fantasyland, but it was the individual attraction booths that stood out. Opening day attractions like the Storybookland Canal Boats and later additions like Alice in Wonderland, had highly themed booths that fit the look and design of the attractions they promoted. On October 11, 1955 ticket books were created and offered admission to the park and coupons to experience eight attractions—for a total price of $2.50 for adults, $2.00 for juniors, and $1.50 for children. Through the years the ticket booths were updated and added as expansions like Matterhorn, ‘It’s a Small World’ and the always changing Tomorrowland kept coming. In June 1981, ticket books began to be phased out and by June 1982, they were a thing of the past. This left ticket booths without a purpose. Around this same time, Fantasyland was undergoing a renovation and it was decide to keep to booths, but to seal them up and make them part of the overall theme and appearance of the ride. Ticket booths used to be everywhere in Disneyland and this booth from Tomorrowland is a perfect retro-futuristic example of what tomorrow look like in the 1960s. As design and aesthetics changed, booths like this went away. The bright white and blue was a positive futuristic look. Today, you can still see booths, the the Alice in Wonderland booth pictured here, the Canal Boats’ lighthouse booth and others throughout the park. Little bits of history that might go overlooked, but still hold that old Disneyland history and charm.
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