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- Souvenir Book, "Disneyland," 1955 - Walt Disney's idea for "a new kind of family park" began in the 1930s, while he was watching his young daughters ride a carousel. In creating what would become known as Disneyland, Disney chose a clean, harmonious, unified environment. Disneyland, considered the first theme park, opened in Anaheim, California, in 1955. It would set the model for other theme parks.
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Souvenir Book, "Disneyland," 1955
Walt Disney's idea for "a new kind of family park" began in the 1930s, while he was watching his young daughters ride a carousel. In creating what would become known as Disneyland, Disney chose a clean, harmonious, unified environment. Disneyland, considered the first theme park, opened in Anaheim, California, in 1955. It would set the model for other theme parks.
- "The Chuck Wagon - The Cowboys Kitchen," circa 1940 -
- circa 1940
- Collections - Artifact
"The Chuck Wagon - The Cowboys Kitchen," circa 1940
- "Chuck-Wagon Meal near Palm Springs," October 20, 1959 -
- circa 1959
- Collections - Artifact
"Chuck-Wagon Meal near Palm Springs," October 20, 1959
- "The Wild Goose" Wawa, Ontario, Canada -
- circa 1960
- Collections - Artifact
"The Wild Goose" Wawa, Ontario, Canada
- Postcard, "Theme Building, Los Angeles International Airport," 1961 -
- 1961
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Theme Building, Los Angeles International Airport," 1961
- Panoramic View of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, 1947-1965 -
- 1947-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Panoramic View of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, 1947-1965
- "Atomic Bomb Blasts, Actual Pictures," Courtesy Benny Binion's Horseshoe Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1954 -
- April 01, 1954
- Collections - Artifact
"Atomic Bomb Blasts, Actual Pictures," Courtesy Benny Binion's Horseshoe Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1954
- Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, circa 1954 -
- circa 1954
- Collections - Artifact
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, circa 1954
- Souvenir Viewbook, "Greetings from Northland Center, Detroit, MI," 1954 - Northland Center, completed in 1954 and the world's largest shopping center at the time, was the first of four planned malls to encircle Detroit's inner ring of suburbs. Northland Center both responded to and encouraged Detroit's growing suburban population.
- 1954
- Collections - Artifact
Souvenir Viewbook, "Greetings from Northland Center, Detroit, MI," 1954
Northland Center, completed in 1954 and the world's largest shopping center at the time, was the first of four planned malls to encircle Detroit's inner ring of suburbs. Northland Center both responded to and encouraged Detroit's growing suburban population.
- "Chinatown, Grant Avenue in San Francisco, California," 1930-1945 -
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
"Chinatown, Grant Avenue in San Francisco, California," 1930-1945