A Photographers Life with Disneyland Under Construction

Author Carlene Thie's "Disneyland Under Construction" series, features photographs that Thie's grandfather, [Mell Kilpatrick][1], took while he was a staff photographer at the "Santa Ana Register" -- It had come up in conversation. "You've got to get these books, Jim," says Jeff. "They've got all of these killer images of Disneyland from the mid-1950s. Lots of construction shots of the park and its attractions. They'd make a great addition to your Disneyana library." So -- while I was out in Southern California last week -- I dropped by the "Off the Page" shop in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot section of Disney's California Adventure theme park. And what to my wandering eye should appear on that store's shelves but copies of all three of Thie's "Disneyland Under Construction" books: ["A Photographer's Life with Disney Under Construction][2]," "Disney's Early Years Through the Eyes of a Photographer" and "Disney Years Seen Through a Photographer's Lens." So -- following Lange's advice -- I purchased copies of all three books. Then after slipping from "Off the Page" into the lobby area of DCA's "Disney Animation" exhibit, I plopped myself down on the couch and perused Kilpatrick's pictures. I'll say this much. My pal, Jeff, was right. Mell Kilpatrick's black and white photographs of Disneyland's early days really are exquisite. Based on the images that you'll find in this trio of books, it would appear that Mell had free access to the place from late 1954 right up until Kilpatrick's death in 1962. Among the amazing images that you'll find in "[A Photographer's Life with Disneyland Under Construction][3]": Beautiful aerial shots of the theme park rising up out of that Anaheim orange grove. A photograph of the still-under-construction Sleeping Beauty Castle take from high atop the now-long-gone Snow Mountain. Pictures that Kilpatrick took of Tomorrowland & Fantasyland after scaling the bare steel of the still-being-constructed Matterhorn. In Volume 2 - "Disney's Early Years Through the Eyes of a Photographer" - you'll get to see crystal clear photos of long-gone pieces of Disneyland's original Tomorrowland. Images like: The interior of the Circarama theater, filled with people, while a scenic travelogue plays overhead. An aerial shot of the theme park that actually shows the notoriously balky Phantom Boats in operation. TL's Court of Flags entrance area with the Goodyear blimp flying high overhead. And in the third book in the "Disneyland Under Construction" s

שנה

2002

שפה

English

הוצאה

Ape Pen Publishing

מהדורות

1

עמודים

70

ISBN

9780971793200

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata