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Exterior of The Star Trader in Tomorrowland at Disneyland at dusk, showing all of the neon Space Mickeys illuminated.

Photograph of a temple painting in the queue for the Indiana Jones Adventure in Adventureland at Disneyland.

Tiana on the Mark Twain in Frontierland at Disneyland.

Interior photograph of Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland.

Update: Photos by Mike Stratton (@chiangku.me) around the Disneyland Resort from the past six months (865 assets)

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Update: Gorillas Don't Blog vintage Disneyland photos and ephemera from 2025 (754 assets)

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The photos and videos Eddie posted include his documentation of Disneyland Paris construction and his other interests (and are sometimes duplicative).

In time, his Disney media will be keyworded to enhance findability, but all include the descriptions he posted.

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Eddie Sotto in his office at Walt Disney Imagineering working on designs for Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland Paris.

Eddie Sotto description: "My earliest office pic at WED 1986. First thing I ever did. DL Carousel theater makeover as "Droid Wars" traveling ship for Lucas meetings. Was well received. Evolved later into a more "Star Wars" inspired design."

Eddie Sotto photograph of Main Street, U.S.A. under construction at Disneyland Paris.

Update: 6,286 assets posted to Twitter by ex-Imagineer Eddie Sotto (boss_angeles)

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Racing bobsleds on the Matterhorn in Fantasyland at Disneyland.

Cascading selfies in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Hayden Evans' Fire Station artwork at the new Lillian Disney Main Street window display.

A stopped Big Thunder Mountain Railroad engine with Matterhorn Mountain in the distance.

Update: 1,847 photos by @jason.parkendium.com from seven Disneyland Resort visits, June-November 2025

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Cover of Disneyland Park Guidemap dated November 1, 2025, featuring a photo of the Haunted Mansion Holiday and the Disneyland 70th Anniversary logo.

Update: November 2025 Disneyland Park guidemap (4 assets)

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Debut guide map for Light Magic, May 23-27, 1997

Summer 1997 interior Disneyland Today map of Disneyland, with advertisement for Hercules Victory Parade and Light Magic

December 1997 Disneyland Today information on character meet-and-greets and holiday happenings, including the first year of "it's a small world" Holiday

Update: 1997 Disneyland Today guide maps (70 guide maps, 280 assets)

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Cover of p.t.m. magazine for Bell Telephone employees, October 1967, shows a waving Bell employee with Goofy and Pluto in front of Circle-Vision in the new Tomorrowland at Disneyland.

1960s photograph of Fulton Burley with the Golden Horseshoe Girls on stage in Frontierland.

Black and white photograph of Mickey Mouse in the Casey Jr. Main Street Electrical Parade float in its inaugural 1972 season.

1990s photograph of two Disneyland Monorails Backstage at the Disneyland Roundhouse.

Update: A grab-bag from the collection of Patrick Jenkins (1,046 assets)

Publications! Fulton Burley photos! 1972 Electrical Parade! 1990s Disneyland Roundhouse!

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Photograph of the entrance to Tomorrowland at Disneyland in 1981, with two red PeopleMover trains.

A curated visit to 1981 Disneyland (272 assets)

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Cast Member Jeanne Grado inside Carefree Corner on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland.

Exterior of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in Fantasyland at Disneyland.

Tomorrowland Skyway Station in Disneyland.

Interior photo of a Tomorrowland Terrace Cast Member at Disneyland.

Major 1980s Disneyland update!

1,415 photographs by @joeguajardo.bsky.social, digitized from the original negatives

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Photograph of the Pixar Pal-A-Round in Pixar Pier at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort.

Photograph of exterior of Opera House on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland, with the new marquee for Walt Disney – A Magical Life and Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.

Photograph of a Disneyland Monorail passing by the Matterhorn in Fantasyland at Disneyland, with a Disneyland 70 overlay.

Foggy nighttime photograph of the Mark Twain docked in Frontierland at Disneyland.

Update: Over 500 fabulous Disneyland Resort photos by @chiangku.me, October 2024-July 2025

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A young Matterhorn Mountain with an intense blue sky, photographed from Matterhorn Way.

A slightly older Matterhorn Mountain, with a lower snowline, also photographed from Matterhorn Way.

Modern view of Matterhorn Mountain on Matterhorn Way.

I went through almost 4,000 exterior photos of the Matterhorn at Disneyland so I could present: The Many Faces of Matterhorn Mountain

We'll start off with the familiar southwest face (906 assets) before moving clockwise around the mountain.

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The chimney and fireplace at today's Rancho del Zocalo.in Frontierland dates back to Disneyland's opening.

A mama duck and six ducklings (one hidden) march through Central Plaza.

The Omnibus heads north up Main Street, decked out with 70th anniversary bunting.

The Matterhorn looms over Sleeping Beauty Castle in this photograph from the Mark Twain.

Update: 736 Disneyland Park photographs by @jason.parkendium.com from yesterday

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Update: Raw New Tomorrowland media day footage, May 21, 1998 (40 assets)

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Parkendium logo.

Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the Parkendium Public Archive! 🎉

The collection has grown from 65,000 assets at launch, to 162,651 last year, and now at 256,515! Wonder where we'll be next year?

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Matterhorn Mountain in the distance beyond spring bloom.

A Mark Twain Cast Member watches the river roll by.

Jiminy Cricket display figure in the Emporium.

Parkendium Update: 918 Disneyland Park photographs by @jason.parkendium.com from today

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HDastin in a vintage Disney's California Adventure sweatshirt on Hollywood Blvd.

Space Mountain Single Rider sign.

Hollywood Land churro cart.

Disneyland Resort/Walt Disney World Resort pride t-shirt.

Update: Disneyland Resort photos/screenshots by @hastin.net posted here, 2023-2024 (521 assets)

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Bust of Abraham Lincoln in Disneyland's Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.

Mickey and Minnie dressed in German garb.

Inanimate ticket taker at the Main Street Cinema.

Christmas tree in New Orleans Square's Le Grand Courtyard.

Update: Disneyland Resort photos by @33wonderland.bsky.social posted here, 2023-2024 (1,082 assets)

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Row of American flags on the Mark Twain Riverboat.

Nighttime photograph of stage decorations at the Galactic Grill.

Late afternoon photograph of the exterior of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

Update: Caitlin (@wedenterprise.bsky.social) double feature (504 assets)

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Tomorrowland's Clock of the World.

Fantasyland's Casey Jr. Circus Train.

University of Disneyland logo.

Main Street's Omnibus.

Update: Disneyland Iconography (2,506 assets)

Indexed crops of primarily high-resolution scans from printed ephemera, featuring drawings and logos of Disneyland attractions, restaurants, stores, and entertainment

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Update: Incomplete collection of the Official Disneyland Resort Video Podcast, 2007-2011 (39 assets)

Clip from episode #25 documenting Miley Cyrus's Sweet 16 at Disneyland, October 2008

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10 Years of Pin Trading logo.

Photograph of baseball player Hidek Matsui with Mickey Mouse dressed in a baseball uniform.

Art Linkletter with a 50th anniversary Mouse Ears hat.

Nighttime photograph of entrance to Hollywood Pictures Backlot with ElecTRONica taking place.

Update: An incomplete archive of Disney Parks Blog materials related to the Disneyland Resort, September 28, 2009-January 15, 2021

Included are an index, posts, images, and videos (8,165 assets)

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Update: Nearly three hours of Tokyo DisneySea 2001 B-roll video, including a little construction

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Tape #1 (Tokyo DisneySea Introduction)

Tape #2 (Tokyo DisneySea Attractions)

Tape #3 (Tokyo DisneySea Entertainment, Restaurants, and Shops)

Update: Not an official "Historical Perspective," but here's an hour-long interview you've never seen, with Disneyland construction boss Joe Fowler at Walt Disney World in 1988

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Historical Perspectives Veteran Disney Artists Share Memories, Stories Take Stock in America Imagine what it would have been like to work with Walt Disney while he was creating Disneyland - to have had a hand in creating what Guests have enjoyed for 38 years. The memories you'd have ... the stories you could tell. More than 100 Cast Members were treated to such memories of the early days of Disneyland at the 7th annual Historical Perspectives program held on Thursday, July 15, at the Golden Horseshoe. Guest speakers Harriet Burns, a Model Maker, and Artist Sam McKim enchanted the audience with their fascinating stories of working with Walt and creating Disneyland. Joining The Walt Disney Company in July 1955 as a Model Maker at WED (now WDI), Harriet holds the distinction of being the first woman hired by WDI in a non-office worker capacity. She created prototypes for nearly every subsequent Disneyland project. "Walt was a model maker himself and enjoyed miniatures, so he'd work side by side with us in the model shop," said Harriet. "Many times he'd come in and take something right out of my hand because he'd want to try it." Harriet told delightful stories of building Storybook Land in amazing detail; of making a model for Candy Mountain, a project which never became a part of Disneyland; and of building the birds for the Enchanted Tiki Room. Explains Harriet, "I remember Walt talking about how he wanted to do this bird show. And all of the birds would do different things like move their heads and tails and sing — and they would all breathe. And I thought, 'Oh, that will be the day.'" Sharing some of his favorite memories, Sam talked of his start at the Studio: "I was a sketch man for Fox when I was laid off, and they sent me over to the Disney Studios. They said Walt was working on this thing called Disneyland," said Sam. "I guess that's what you'd call a happy accident because it was 32 years before I left to retire." One of the best-known illustrators of…

Disneyland Historical Perspectives, 1993

Harriet Burns & Sam McKim

Disneyland Line, July 23, 1993

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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES For the past five years, the Historical Perspectives program has offered Cast Members an opportunity to celebrate Disneyland Park's anniversary with a unique look back at our early days that is not available to the general public. The presentation was hosted this year by Executive Vice President Norm Doerges at the Golden Horseshoe on July 16. More than 150 Cast Members listened as longtime Disney Animators Marc Davis and Bill Justice reminisced about their experiences with Walt, the Company, and Disneyland. Marc Davis began working for Disney in 1935 and is known as one of the "Nine Old Men" whose collective works include most of the Disney animated classics. Marc used slides to illustrate some of the attractions he helped design such as Haunted Mansion, Nature's Wonderland, Jungle Cruise, and Pirates of the Caribbean. He also described some of the projects that were never built, including: Garden of the Gods, a water attraction featuring many sculptures; Enchanted Snow Palace, a winter wonderland complete with an abominable snowman; and Western River Ride, which Marc said would have been similar in scope to Pirates of the Caribbean, with various humorous scenes. "The pirate attraction, and how it started, was not actually the way you see it now," Marc said. "When Walt came to me and said he was interested in starting the project, 'Pirates' was going to be a walk-through down under New Orleans Square. We were going to have a spotlight on a pirate who would actually be the narrator as various parts of the scene would be lit. This was being done while we were working on the New York World's Fair. Walt would come into office and never look at these boards. He wasn't ready to talk about it. I went right ahead and did all kinds of pirates - good and bad ones, mean ones, and funny ones. Finally, when the Fair was over, he came to the conclusion to do this as a ride and to put it on the other side of the berm. Then he was interested in seeing …

Disneyland Historical Perspectives, 1992

Marc Davis & Bill Justice

Disneyland Line, July 24, 1992

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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES A Historical Presentation Disneyland's rich history has been chronicled in countless documents and publications which are available to anyone who is hungry for a bit of Disneyland trivia. Twice the treat, however, is to vicariously re-live a few moments of the Park's past through the recollections and tales of the Park's pioneers. More than 200 Cast Members enjoyed such a treat on Monday, July 15, as they filled the Golden Horseshoe for the fifth annual Historical Perspectives program. Jack Lindquist and Marty Sklar were guest speakers for the event. Both Jack and Marty joined the Company in 1955, and they shared some humorous anecdotes about those early days while entertaining the audience with their delightful banter. "It's amazing to think about the opportunities that have been available to me and to all of the people in this Company," Marty said while reflecting on his career. "I'd only been here two weeks when I was asked to make a presentation to Walt Disney...people can succeed because this Company is willing to take a risk on what you can do." Marty first joined the Disney organization in July of 1955 in the Public Relations Department while still a college student. He was responsible for most of the Park's publicity and marketing materials until joining WED Enterprises (now WDI) in 1961. He became an officer of WED in 1974 when he was appointed Vice President, Concepts/Planning. From there Marty made a steady climb to his position of President of Walt Disney Imagineering, which he assumed in 1984. Marty also reflected on what he says is the greatest lesson he has learned in his Disney career - a lesson he learned from Walt. "It was during that first summer of 1955," said Marty. "I was out with our photographer on a photo shoot and we drove out to Frontierland and parked the car at the Chicken Plantation. As we got out of the car, Walt was on us in an instant. He poked his finger in the photographer's chest and said, 'What are y…

Disneyland Historical Perspectives, 1991

Jack Lindquist & Marty Sklar

Disneyland Line, July 19, 1991

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Historical Perspectives The occasion of Disneyland Park's 35th birthday is an ideal time to reflect on a bit of the full, rich past that has helped shape the Magic Kingdom. More than 100 Cast Members were treated to some of that history as Disneyland Executive Vice President Ron Dominguez hosted the annual Historical Perspectives program, held Monday, July 16, at the Golden Horseshoe. Milt Albright and Van France were the guest speakers for the event. Both Milt and Van joined the Company before the Park opened, and both shared amusing stories from those early days. "Since I started in 1947, I've been able to do a lot of interesting things," pointed out Milt, 73, now Manager of Guest Communications. "I actually helped with the construction of the Park, which is probably something I'll never in my whole life forget, that year that we put this all together, working day and night." Milt began his Disney career at the Studio as a junior accountant. In 1953, in an at- tempt to gain some attention from Walt and transfer to his new "amusement park" in Anaheim, Milt, an automobile buff, decided to design a miniature car for the Autopia. Walt drove the car, and although he was not impressed with the design, he was impressed with Milt and hired him in the spring of 1954 as Manager of Accoun- ting for Disneyland. "When I was in Accounting...I signed the paychecks here for the first couple of years - many of them by hand," Milt recalled. "We always paid the payroll. Now, the suppliers of concrete and steel and everything they were a totally different story. It was really bad. There was a time when many of them had to go eight to 10 months without being paid...I can remember many times hiding in the Park because people would buy admission to the Park to find me. If you were owed an enormous amount of money, it was worth a dollar to get in and look for me." In 1957, Milt became Manager of Holidayland, a private party area designed for group events. He transferred in 1958 to…

Disneyland Historical Perspectives, 1990

Van France & Milt Albright

Disneyland Line, July 27, 1990

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Cast Members Enjoy a Little History The history of Disneyland surrounds us. It is in the attractions we work on, the buildings we see and the people with whom we work. More than 150 Cast Members were treated to a little piece of that history recently as two individuals with a com-bined total of 90 years of service with The Walt Disney Company spoke at the third annual Historical Perspectives program at the Golden Horseshoe. Roger Broggie and Claude Coats both started working with Disney in the late 1930s, and they shared their experiences of the early days with the Company, in-cluding their remembrances of Walt Disney himself. "Walt was real easy to work for, if you did exactly what he wanted the first time," quipped Claude, who recently celebrated his 54th anniversary with the Company. "He had a funny way of using the word `Disney.' He'd say, 'You've got to get more Disney in it,' and he didn't mean that he was necessarily going to do it, but he meant that something had to happen to make it better that was." Despite his number of years of service, Claude admitted that he has really held just two positions. He began his Disney career as a background painter at the Disney Studio in 1935. His credits in background and color styling include Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Song of the South, and Peter Pan, to name a few. Then in 1955, Claude joined WED Enter-prises (now Walt Disney Imagineering) to work on attraction concepts for Disneyland, and he has been there ever since. As a Show Designer, he has con-tributed to the development of a number of attractions at Disneyland, Walt Disney World Resort and EPCOT Center. When Walt passed away, Claude said it was a "bad time for us. It just seemed like the bottom had dropped out of the world." But he knew the ideals and values of Walt Disney would remain, and he feels they have. "We're fortunate to have had the ex-perience of working with Disney and it's still fun," Claude said. "People ask when am I going to r…

Disneyland Historical Perspectives, 1989

Roger Broggie & Claude Coats

Disneyland Line, July 23, 1989

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