Sleeping Beauty’s Castle is slightly double exposed on the House of the Future. Its mid-evil meets mid-century! Medievalism and modernism have never been so close. For ten years, between 1957 and 1967, the all-plastic House of the Future was just outside of Tomorrowland perched on a pedestal steps from the castle They both represent fairy […]
The warm glowing atmosphere of Mars is well rendered on the side of a building while a big, huge silver metallic UFO is either taking off or coming in for a landing right on top of the awning that marks the entrance to FLIGHT TO MARS. The horizon line is low and jagged. A missile […]
Whooshing by on the highway in the sky, passengers travel in supreme space-age style between the Disneyland Hotel and Tomorrowland. I certainly hope they all heard the “Please keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times” recording because there are no windows!
The monorail is like an airplane without wings, or […]
1950s LOS ANGELES COFFEE SHOPS IN 3-D THIS SUNDAY
This spectacular and oh-so moody interior shot of ROMEO’S TIMES SQUARE COFFEE SHOP, (LATER JOHNIE’S COFFEE SHOP,) LOS ANGELES, 1955 at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax is very special. I thank Jack Laxer, the world’s greatest 3-D photographer, who took (and copyrighted it) for allowing me […]
Two white-gloved women wearing matching hemlines and sensible shoes strike a proud pose in front of a two-toned 1956 Ford Country Sedan Station Wagon at their new MODERN STRIP MALL, BUFFALO NEW YORK, 1957.
The standout accessorizes her camel coat with a leopard purse and red hat shaped like the Ford taillights. Her co-poser wears […]
OKLAHOMA IS A MECCA OF MID-CENTURY MODERN!
Who knew? Well I certainly didn’t until I visited there last week. It’s the Tomorrowland of the mid-west - shocking but true.
In both Oklahoma City and Tulsa there is a truly spectacular array of deco, modern, roadside and vintage neon. They should change the name of the state to […]
How-DEE - (like Minnie Pearl said it!
This week’s slide, THE LUER "QUALITY MEAT" ROCKET SHIP, SUNLAND, 1955, is one of my all time favorite finds.
Yes, I shrieked, then wept when I found it. Btw, you may find it in my latest book SOUTHERN CALIFORNIALAND: MID-CENTURY CULTURE IN KODACHROME, and many of you have seen […]
Vintage slides of Disneyland are among my favorite finds - especially old slides of Tomorrowland. It’s the least photographed land in the Magic Kingdom - which leads me to the SLIDE-OF-THE-WEEK: THE NEW TOMORROWLAND, 1969.
When I was a kid in the 60s and 70s I thought that Tomorrowland was the coolest place to be — […]
This is the only shot I’ve ever seen of the original outer space couple together. And aren’t they oh-so very stylish. That super hero cape of hers makes quite the fashion statement. The sausage roll trim is very flattering. Nice boots too!
I don’t remember their Tomorrowland (Disneyland’s original) which was promoted as the world of […]
A pilot stands waiting for a ride. Five station wagons including a black ’63 Ford Falcon Squire and white ’64 Dodge crowd the loading and unloading zone. Suitcases sit on the curb. Yes, a typical airport scene with one exception - the terminal is straight out of a sci-fi fantasy.
Unique in every way, shape and […]
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