[Question] Disneyland's Original Sponors?

[LarrySubs]

I am trying to find a listing of the Disneyland Park's original sponsors. I think there were about 30 or so of them (i.e., Kodak, Nestle....). If anyone can point me in the the direction where I can find such a list or send it to me it would be greatly appreciated.

[Steve DeGaetano]

Re: Disneyland's Original Sponors?

There were 33 original lessees. (33? Why does that number seem familiar???)

Atlantic Richfield
Bank of America
Bell Telephone
C&H Sugar
Carnation
Coke
Douglas Aircraft
Kodak
Fritos
GE
Global Van Lines
Goodyear
Hallmark
Hills Brothers Coffee
INA
Lincoln Savings & Loan
Monsanto
Pendelton
Pepsi
Ken-L-Rations
Aunt Jemima's
Santa Fe
Spice Islands
Sunkist
Sunsweet
Swift
Timex
United Airlines
Upjohn
Chicken of the Sea
Welch's
Wurlitzer
Western Printing and Litho

[Jachywalcott]

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How many of those are still left? Coke and Carnation I'm fairly sure of, but I don't know about the rest.

[Bob Weaver]

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Sadly Western Printing and Litho (the publisher of Golden Books for kids and Golden Guides for adults) is no longer, having been sold and divided and absorbed into other companies. I wonder which other ones on the list are also out of business now.

[Ron W]

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Kodak is still there sponsoring HISTA, the Photo Spots, and I think their name is still on the photo shop where you get the PhotoPass pictures.

[Steve DeGaetano]

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I should amend my posting to say that these are the 33 sponsors circa 1967. There were others in 1955.

[LarrySubs]

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Any thoughts on where to find original (1955) Disneyland sponsors??

[ttrocc7007]

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Maybe it doesn't count as a sponsor per se, but it's likely that no individual company forked out more up front dough than the American Broadcasting Corporation TV network. It's well known they even owned a hung of the park for its first few years. While they had no visible presence at the park that I am aware of, the park was certainly a visible presence on the network (as anyone my age or older can attest to).
After having changed hands a couple of times, ABC itself was acquired by Disney from the Capital Cities corporation in 1995.

[Imagineer Scott]

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Coke and Pepsi??

rofl! Walt Disney must of been one hell of a sweet talker to bag those 2 together.

[Steve DeGaetano]

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Any thoughts on where to find original (1955) Disneyland sponsors??

By Sponsors I think you mean "Lessees." Let's start a list here, all known to have been there in 1955:

Richfield
Bank of America
Carnation
Coke
TWA
Kodak
Fritos
Monsanto
Pendelton
Pepsi
Aunt Jemima's
Santa Fe
Swift
Timex
Upjohn
Chicken of the Sea
Western Printing and Litho
Hollywood Maxwell Intimate Apparel
Town Square Realty
Kaiser Aluminum
Ruggles China & Glass Shop
Grandma’s Baby Shop
Sunny View Farms Jellies & Jams
Blue Bird Shoes for Children
Ellen’s Gift Shop
Gibson Greeting Cards
Jewelry Store, Random Parts Inc
Wonderland Music
Wurlitzer
Maxwell House Coffee
Bekins
Dutch Boy Paints
Puffin Bakery

(Hmmm...This list comes to 33 too. Coincidence?)

[dfan07]

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What about American Motors? Didn't they sponsor Circarama in 1955?

[Bob Weaver]

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So ironic that ABC once owned a significant interest in Disneyland, but now Disney owns ABC...

[ttrocc7007]

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Hollywood Maxwell Intimate Apparel

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