Vintage Disneyland Photos: 50s-00s

[Dear Prudence]

Looks like Timon took this group selfie with our Polaroid! Not sure of the year for this one… Maybe 1997 or 1998. I’m in the yellow.

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okaaayyyy Miss Camera Ready MODEL lol

 

[Californian Elitist]

okaaayyyy Miss Camera Ready MODEL lol

I looked awkward and confused as hell in this photo.

 

[Dear Prudence]

I looked awkward and confused as hell in this photo.

LIES!

 

[Dear Prudence]

Circa 2005.

I actually look exactly the same

Circa 2000-1 (ish?). I didn't give myself the Bowie eye brows YET.

EDIT: these were 1990 because I had the Disneyland 35th anniversary shirt.

For the record, I was one HUNDRED percent singing in this photo. I was having a MOMENT.

 

[Rich T]

Here are three Matterhorn/Skyway shots I took as a teen in 1975 (They’ve previously appeared on another site I used to write for):

 

[Sailor310]

Here are three Matterhorn/Skyway shots I took as a teen in 1975 (They’ve previously appeared on another site I used to write for):View attachment 655253View attachment 655254View attachment 655255

I loved that period at DL!

 

[Practical Pig]

This is probably 1969. It’s my late-husband with his mother when he was probably three.

I love this picture so much. It captures a moment of his/their pure joy at an age when his earliest memories were imprinting his love for Disneyland deep in his soul. Disneyland was his Happy Place.

 

[josh2000]

These photos were taken by my great-grandfather back in 1960. I discovered them in a chest of his belongings back in 2020.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Thank you everyone for sharing your personal photos!

 

[Dear Prudence]

These photos were taken by my great-grandfather back in 1960. I discovered them in a chest of his belongings back in 2020.

That Native man in your great-grandfather's photos look just like (Native) grandfather.

 

[Dear Prudence]

Unsure of the year on this one, but I will never not be mad about them doing Gadget's Go-Coaster so dirty.

I love the Critter Round Up, but this was so special and so objectively beautiful.

 

[truecoat]

Thanks to NekoFever on Reddit, he gave me permission to post these photos taken in 1980 at Disneyland.

 

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[Sharon&Susan]

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Never knew they painted the center clock tower blue. Was this photo taken in the 80's?

 

[truecoat]

Never knew they painted the center clock tower blue. Was this photo taken in the 80's?

1980

 

[Practical Pig]

Here's one I just found. It's of my husband with his father on the Skyway when he was three or four. I've mentioned this in the past, but his excellent father was the man I pay tribute to with my moniker Practical Pig. He used to work at Disneyland back in the late 50s wearing the Practical Pig costume among other duties.

Edited to change "60s" to "late 50s" as my memory improved.

 

[disneyC97]

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I liked the greenery behind the entire facade.

 

[CladMcClaw]

One of the best threads on the site ever so far. Keep 'em comin, gang. (I sadly have nothing to contribute.)

 

[truecoat]

I saw this photo on Reddit of someone's mother-in-law enjoying a soda and smoke at the Lunching Pad in the late '60s or early '70s. The poster gave me permission to post it here and their email if anyone has questions about it.

I know @TP2000 will enjoy this look back at the past.