[Pictures] Some old character shots and slides from the 1970's

[OogieBoogie]

Here's some slides and pictures of my grandfathers that I found from the 1970's.

Dopey




Grumpy




This was part of the 'Pooh in 72' promotion.







Flower in front of what I believe was Small World




Doc (with my ex step sister)



Minnie and a young Oogie Boogie





Here's a slide of the Big Bad Wolf with the 3 Little Pigs



A slide of The Mad Hatter along with Alice and the White Rabbit



Pluto



Oogie, Happy, and my cousin




Oogie's cousin, Snow White, and Oogie



Goofy



A slide of Goofy and Mickey


A slide of Minnie and Donald



A slide of Goofy and Pluto



A slide of Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs



A slide of Alice and the White Rabbit




This is a picture that was taken a bit late. It's supposed to be of Alice and the Walrus




Donald and Oogie

[penguinsoda]

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How cool! Sadly the first time I visited in '73, we didn't take many pictures and what we do have are pretty much totally faded out... Its so fun to see older pictures of the park!

[I<3Simba&Nala]

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oh these are cool!

[JungleCruiseFan]

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I've got to say, I really like the dwarf costumes from the 70's. Very nice pictures

[Melonballer]

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Great stuff. Nice to see a picture of Flower.

[Capt Hook]

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Other then the wig Snow White's dress look about the same as of todays. I have seen old photos of the old Disneyland but I have never seen what Cinderella and Aurora look like back then. Also wasn't Peter Pan out in those times?

[andyjean]

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They look creepy for me

[beckix.o.x]

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wow, i really enjoyed looking at those,
its amazing how much the characters have changed, minnie wasn't even wearing her big shoes!
and alice had long socks on :lol:

great pics!

[SpacePotato]

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Absolutely awesome photos. I'm a really big fan of the big character heads.
Classic Disney at it's best. Thanks for sharing.:thumbup:

[Bob Weaver]

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Thanks. The masks seem huge and must have been heavy! Are masks generally smaller today than they were back then? And the Mad Hatter is now a face character rather than masked.

[Witches of Morva]

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ORDDU: To address the point you made, Capt Hook's, duckling, there weren't that many appearances made--back in the 50's, 60's and 70's--by many of the human Disney characters. For the most part, it was only Snow White, Alice and Peter Pan you would see on a regular basis. Cinderella sometimes could be seen in her rag dress in the early days. But she didn't become a 'regular' meet and greet presence until the early 80's. It was at this same time that Mary Poppins also came out to play with Disneyland guests more regularly.

ORWEN: It always amazed me that Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip weren't seen more often until the mid 80's--even though their castle is the centerpiece of the whole park! They sometimes appeared in the Christmas parades in the early days, but it wasn't until the mid 80's that they could be seen more regularly. Aurora's costume--back then--didn't look that authentic. She wore a blue dress with a gold lamae peplum around the waistline. And her collar was also gold lamae and looked kind of lame. Prince Phillip's costume is pretty much the same as always. (Right after the grand re-opening of Fantasyland in the early 80's, they had Phillip wearing his hunting outfit for a couple of days.)

ORDDU: By now the human Disney characters have become so popular that it wouldn't fly to keep them in hiding the way they were back in the earlier days of Disneyland's history. If anything, it's the animal characters--such as Flower, Thumper, Bernard, Bianca, etc.--who have been hiden away from guests these days.

ORWEN: I just wish ALL the Disney characters were allowed to come out and play with guests every day! It would do a lot to shorten the lines for the meetings and greetings because there would be so many charactes to get pictures with that guests would be more widely distributed!!!

[lazyboy97O]

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That one of Goofy and Pluto inside the Dumbo ride area, while the attraction is in motion is very interesting.

[beckix.o.x]

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did they make the characters heads huge to make them look more animated?? because thats what i read somehwere....

[Capt Hook]

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ORDDU: To address the point you made, Capt Hook's, duckling, there weren't that many appearances made--back in the 50's, 60's and 70's--by many of the human Disney characters. For the most part, it was only Snow White, Alice and Peter Pan you would see on a regular basis. Cinderella sometimes could be seen in her rag dress in the early days. But she didn't become a 'regular' meet and greet presence until the early 80's. It was at this same time that Mary Poppins also came out to play with Disneyland guests more regularly.

ORWEN: It always amazed me that Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip weren't seen more often until the mid 80's--even though their castle is the centerpiece of the whole park! They sometimes appeared in the Christmas parades in the early days, but it wasn't until the mid 80's that they could be seen more regularly. Aurora's costume--back then--didn't look that authentic. She wore a blue dress with a gold lamae peplum around the waistline. And her collar was also gold lamae and looked kind of lame. Prince Phillip's costume is pretty much the same as always. (Right after the grand re-opening of Fantasyland in the early 80's, they had Phillip wearing his hunting outfit for a couple of days.)

ORDDU: By now the human Disney characters have become so popular that it wouldn't fly to keep them in hiding the way they were back in the earlier days of Disneyland's history. If anything, it's the animal characters--such as Flower, Thumper, Bernard, Bianca, etc.--who have been hiden away from guests these days.

ORWEN: I just wish ALL the Disney characters were allowed to come out and play with guests every day! It would do a lot to shorten the lines for the meetings and greetings because there would be so many charactes to get pictures with that guests would be more widely distributed!!!

Thx for the answer. I would like to see what Peter look like back then. I was born in 71 so I wouldn't no what he would of look like back then.

[cositaluvsmickey]

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Awesome pics..thanks for sharing

[Witches of Morva]

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ORDDU: You're welcome, Capt Hooks', duckling. We've seen photos of Peter Pan from the early days. He was often portrayed by a young girl back then. He wasn't portrayed by a boy until the early 80's, as far as I can tell. His costume was fairly accurate to the movie--except for the coloring. His/her shirt was a dark green over lighter green tights. Since then, the shirt is a light green worn over dark green tights.

[Jungle Book Fever]

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ORDDU: By now the human Disney characters have become so popular that it wouldn't fly to keep them in hiding the way they were back in the earlier days of Disneyland's history. If anything, it's the animal characters--such as Flower, Thumper, Bernard, Bianca, etc.--who have been hiden away from guests these days.

ORWEN: I just wish ALL the Disney characters were allowed to come out and play with guests every day! It would do a lot to shorten the lines for the meetings and greetings because there would be so many charactes to get pictures with that guests would be more widely distributed!!!

I couldn't agree more... The Disney "universe" has such a wide array of beloved characters beyond the usual 10-15 you may see on a typical visit to the park(s), there's no reason why they can't be represented and present in the parks. The flagship park seems to have the greatest lack of character 'variety' which in and of itself is truly disappointing.

[beckix.o.x]

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ORDDU: You're welcome, Capt Hooks', duckling. We've seen photos of Peter Pan from the early days. He was often portrayed by a young girl back then. He wasn't portrayed by a boy until the early 80's, as far as I can tell. His costume was fairly accurate to the movie--except for the coloring. His/her shirt was a dark green over lighter green tights. Since then, the shirt is a light green worn over dark green tights.

anyone got a photo!???

[saphron37]

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Very very cool!!! Thanks for sharing your memories with us!

[pratt55]

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Wow, those are great to see some history. Thanks for sharing them.