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Jason Schultz

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Building a digital Disneyland archive and thesaurus (Parkendium, https://mediagraph.io/parkendium). Archivist.

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Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · Oct 17

To all new followers: welcome! I will be your tour guide for the next 30 years, until Disneyland's 100th birthday.

Building a digital Disneyland archive at Parkendium (mediagraph.io/parkendium), currently featuring over 225,000 assets in the Public Archive.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 9h

Mike got some great photos of the characters with the Disneyland Band, but unfortunately didn't get Vesey Walker in any of his shots.

(Could be because Walker died in 1977, but I can't say for sure.)

Photograph of Mickey Mouse and the Disneyland Band, with original band leader Vesey Walker in white at right.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 9h

Sometimes in his advanced age Mickey aimlessly wanders down the stairs in Le Grand Courtyard with a serving platter he nabbed from Club 33.

Photograph of Mickey Mouse character in New Orleans Square at Disneyland holding a serving platter.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 10h

It's been a while since I did the Canoes, but I don't think that cat is going to be able to make it a full lap.

2005 photograph of a cat one one of the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes on the Rivers of America in Disneyland.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 10h

Parkendium keyword: Matterhorn Mountain southeast face (440 assets)

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Ca. 1959 photograph of the Skyway passing through Matterhorn Mountain in Fantasyland at Disneyland.

2012 renovation photograph of the Matterhorn Bobsleds when this bridge was changed.

2023 photograph of a bridge on the Matterhorn Bobsleds.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 12h

Yes.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 12h

Dry Goods since '55.

April 1966 photograph of the exterior of the Pendleton Woolen Mills Dry Goods Store in Frontierland at Disneyland, with a hand-lettered sign reading, "Dry Goods."

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 1d

There are some great photos of Sleeping Beauty Castle with the Matterhorn from Frontierland, but what about before the Matterhorn's construction? Or during it?

Here you go!

1958 photograph from Tom and Huck's Treehouse on Tom Sawyer Island showing the Mark Twain in the foreground, with Sleeping Beauty Castle and the TWA Moonliner in the distance, sans Matterhorn.

1959 construction photograph from Tom and Huck's Treehouse, showing Sleeping Beauty Castle and the Matterhorn.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 1d

Like the Mine Train tracks left around Cascade Peak when the attraction closed, a small section of track here was left visible from Big Thunder Trail. At least we can still see the rockwork today.

1980s photograph of Frontierland track remnants from the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 1d

That's Mother Nature for you.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 1d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

1960s publicity photograph of Bear Country in the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland in Frontierland at Disneyland, showing a mine train on an elevated stretch of track across Bear Creek.

2005 photograph of the same scene, with a fallen tree having taken out the remaining track.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 1d

Probably a VP in TDA.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 1d

Any comment, @darrenandpoley.bsky.social?

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 1d

True! Maybe he should have like, I don't know, a talk show to get more of his story out.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

Maybe we need to take Bob to a local country/western/alternative folk group performance in this shirt?

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

For whatever reason, the documentary doesn't cover my college graduation, but I still recommend it.

Bob Gurr at my graduation from UCI in June 2004. I bought my Nautilus tie at the opening of Tokyo DisneySea.

Reposted by Jason Schultz

Frank H. Woodward @fhw.bsky.social · 2d

In 10 days, "Bob Gurr: Living By Design" will be at the Newport Beach Film Festival (October 19th). If you haven't seen our film yet, we hope to see you there.

If you have seen it, do us a wee favor and share one of these cover photos with a handy QR code linking to the festival box office.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

27 verses in I and I rhymed (to a niche audience) "Jemway" and "Kate Rea".

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

Birth of the keyword.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · Dec 23

Thinking I might go with

Matterhorn circulation south
Matterhorn circulation east
Matterhorn circulation north

as I also don't have terms to describe those areas if they're not specifically focused on the attraction.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

In the distance we can see the adventurous tree.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · Jul 31

Last year, the fence was only partially on its way to its current form.

And that is why YOU—yes, I am looking at you—need to document every inch of Disneyland, every year.

Photograph of a tree on the east side of the Matterhorn in Fantasyland at Disneyland, with a fence partially modified to accommodate its growth.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

Finally, my "Matterhorn circulation east" keyword pays off!

It's possible Imagineering has a photo keyword for this area, but it's also possible I am the only person who can pull up photos of the walkway (and its lighting) at the click of a button.

Photograph of an empty walkway between the Matterhorn Mountain and Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage in Tomorrowland at Disneyland, with an old lighting fixture at left.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

Please check the light bulbs at Coke Corner each time. Thank you.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

The New Orleans Area used to be more park-like, but we're not getting that back.

1955 photograph of the New Orleans Area in Frontierland at Disneyland, taken from the Mark Twain Riverboat.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

A quiet morning along the Rivers of America in the New Orleans Area of Frontierland.

Morning photograph of the seating area outside the Stage Door Cafe in Frontierland at Disneyland.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

I'd like to see one where any signage here is neat and tidy.

2023 photo by @33wonderland.bsky.social

Photograph of small menu for River Belle Terrace in Frontierland at Disneyland, leaning in the display box at an awkward angle.

Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 2d

You know who enjoyed Disneyland After Dark this advertised week in August 1968?

Presidential candidate Richard Nixon smiles on the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, with his wife Pat and Disneyland Ambassador Sally Sherbin in the background.