Thursday, May 30, 2013

Disney Postcard Featuring Everyone by the Castle


Disney

unused, bought in 2013

featuring:
Tarzan, Jiminy Cricket, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan, Snow White, Jasmine, Alice in Wonderland, Pocahontas, Cinderella, Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, Simba from The Lion King, The Jungle Book, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, The Aristocats, Dumbo, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Lilo and Stitch, 101 Dalmatians, and Pinocchio

hope I didn't forget anyone!

Monday, May 13, 2013

Lady and the Tramp, with Puppies


Walt Disney's
Lady and the Tramp

 Featuring: a Scottish Terrier named Jock, a Bloodhound named Trusty, The Tramp, Lady and the puppies.

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Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 American animated romance film produced by Walt Disney and released to theaters on June 22, 1955. The 15th animated film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, it was the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen film process.

The story centers on a female American Cocker Spaniel named Lady who lives with a refined, upper-middle-class family, and a male stray mutt called the Tramp.

Cinderella with Fairy Godmother and Coach


Cinderella
The Walt Disney Company

Featuring Cinderella, Her Fairy Godmother, The coach and horses and the mice.  (Weren't the mice turned into the horse and footman??)

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Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It is based on the fairy tale "Cendrillon" by Charles Perrault.  Songs in the film include "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "So This Is Love", "Sing Sweet Nightingale", "The Work Song", and "Cinderella".

Dumbo Flying Over the Circus


Dumbo
The Walt Disney Company

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Dumbo is a 1941 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released on October 23, 1941.

It is the fourth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Pearl.  The main character is Jumbo Jr., a semi-anthropomorphic elephant who is cruelly nicknamed "Dumbo". He is ridiculed for his big ears, but in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings.

Dumbo was made to recoup the financial losses of Fantasia. It was a deliberate pursuit of simplicity and economy for the Disney studio, and at 64 minutes, it is one of Disney's shortest animated features.

Peter Pan, Captain Hook and Children


Walt Disney's
Peter Pan

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Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated fantasy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney and based on the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie. It is the 14th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series.

Adventureland Natives at Disneyland


Disneyland
Adventureland Natives

Jungle drums beat as headhunters in colorful costumes chant to a ceremonial war dance in their village along the banks of the "Rivers of Adventure" in Disneyland.

unused, has 1956/58 written on the back

Tomorrowland, Monsanto Before the Signs Were Added


Disneyland

A tempting glance into Tomorrowland, one of Disneyland's five realms where science and industry present imaginative exhibits and all ages enjoy rides designed for the future.

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This must have been made before the park ever opened, there are no signs on it and it reads 'a glance into..)  Although it does not say it on the postcard, this was Monsanto Chemical Company's Hall of Chemistry.  Below is another postcard after it was finished...

Sunday, May 12, 2013

EuroDisney, Espace Information Center 1992


EuroDisney

Espace EuroDisney
Centre d'information
"12 Avril 1992"

translation from French:
EuroDisney space
Information Center
"12 April 1992"   Disney - EuroDisney, Espace Information Center 1992

unused postcard  featuring Mickey Mouse

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Construction for the new Disneyland Paris (Euro Disney)  began in August 1988, and in December 1990, an information centre named "Espace Euro Disney" was opened to show the public what was being constructed.  Here, visitors were able to marvel at beautiful concept drawings for the new Resort as well as take a good look at tiny scale models of various attractions.  There was also shopping, food and a movie theater inside.

to read much more about this fascinating place check this out...
http://www.designingdisney.com/content/lost-treasures-euro-disney-preview-center-1990-1992

Disney's Robin Hood

The Fox in Disney's Robin Hood

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Robin Hood is an 1973 American animated film produced by the Walt Disney Productions, first released in the United States on November 8, 1973. The 21st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film is based on the legend of Robin Hood, but uses anthropomorphic animals instead of people.
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Maid  Marian looking at Robin Hood's Reward Poster

Walt Disney Productions
Printed in Italy
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 Robin Hood Movie, with Little John and Alan-a-Dale

Walt Disney Productions
Made in France
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Maid Marian Dancing
Walt Disney Productions
Printed in Italy