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[wader]

Disneyland turns 70: Vintage photos show massive crowds at the theme park's opening day in 1955

Disneyland first opened for business 70 years ago in Anaheim, California, on July 17, 1955. It remains one of the world's most beloved theme parks.

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Disneyland turns 70: Vintage photos show massive crowds at the theme park's opening day in 1955

Disneyland first opened for business 70 years ago in Anaheim, California, on July 17, 1955. It remains one of the world's most beloved theme parks.

www.yahoo.com

I was there in 1968, a mere 13 years after it opened. Actually, Bobby Kennedy had been shot to death in our hotel the week before we were there.

 

[CELLFISH]

 

[wader]

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they still around?

 

[CELLFISH]

they still around?

Dollar Store, Cherry Hill N.J…

 

[wader]

Dollar Store, Cherry Hill N.J…

bit far...............

 

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[Matts]

Actually, no. My recollection was almost anything I really wanted to see was sold out. Plus, despite the high prices these days, I can afford them a lot more than I could afford anything back then!

 

[WhatKnot]

 

[CELLFISH]

at a street fair today, $5.00… very good condition, patina perfect… cell…
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[wader]

at a street fair today, $5.00… very good condition, patina perfect… cell…
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i have one in my shed that was my grandfather's - circa 1940

 

[CELLFISH]

i thought i always had one in my tool bags, must’ve lost it along the way…

glad i found a replacement… cell…
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[Chevy1]

My Dads from the 50’s

 

[jpd]

My grandfather's knife he took off a German in WWI

 

[wader]

My grandfather's knife he took off a German in WWI

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my father use to have a Nazi sword taken fron a German Colonel who surrendered. No idea what happened to it - last time I saw it I was still in High School

Looked like this as I recall.

probably worth a small fortune today

 

[wader]

this is bringing back a lot of memories I haven't thought about in a LONG time....................

My father also had an assumed Revolutionary War muskeet he found when swimming in Lake Champlain as a kid. It had a compartment in the stock which contained a handwritten letter/message. Unreadable of course.

Another "don't know what happened to it" thingy.....................

Again probably a mid-teen last time I saw it.

Not unlike this

 

[jpd]

My other grandfather's US flag with 48 stars "disappeared", I know what you're talking about.
Pisses me off to this day since it was promised to me.

 

[Matts]

at a street fair today, $5.00… very good condition, patina perfect… cell…
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I have my grandfather's, which he used in his job as a wallpaper hanger when he was done painting Navy ship hulls in Brooklyn.
Looks kind of like that one.

 

[CELLFISH]

I have my grandfather's, which he used in his job as a wallpaper hanger when he was done painting Navy ship hulls in Brooklyn.
Looks kind of like that one.

that’s what they used years ago… cell…
.

 

[wader]

I remember................

Dad giving us newspapers & Wisk & we knew what that meant. Clean the front window on the family vehicle - get into our PJs "WE'RE GOING TO THE DRIVE-IN". We'd ride the rides in the PJ's before the feature began. Good memories. Sad that it's gone.

Whoelse spent time there as a kid?
Whoelse has evwn been to a drive-in?