Jason Schultz
@jason.parkendium.com
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.
Building a digital Disneyland archive at Parkendium (mediagraph.io/parkendium), currently featuring over 225,000 assets in the Public Archive.
Disneyland’s 40th anniversary time capsule is not actually underground there. 🫢
A time capsule from 1995 is buried in front of the castle at Disneyland, set to be reopened on the park's 80th birthday: July 17, 2035.
The time capsule ranks number 5 in our reporter Samantha's ranking of everything in the park: buff.ly/9FxbOce
The time capsule ranks number 5 in our reporter Samantha's ranking of everything in the park: buff.ly/9FxbOce
January 11, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Disneyland’s 40th anniversary time capsule is not actually underground there. 🫢
Eddie Sotto boathouse at upper right ❤️
"Jungle Cruisin'" by John Coulter. Look at those faces 🥰
January 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Eddie Sotto boathouse at upper right ❤️
I can't put my finger on why this feels like a dated photograph.
January 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I can't put my finger on why this feels like a dated photograph.
The Spring 1988 Disney News says that the Floral Mickey was the world's most well-known parterre.
So I ask: what is your second-most favorite parterre?
So I ask: what is your second-most favorite parterre?
January 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The Spring 1988 Disney News says that the Floral Mickey was the world's most well-known parterre.
So I ask: what is your second-most favorite parterre?
So I ask: what is your second-most favorite parterre?
Great vintage "you are there" photo from a young Disneyland-Alweg Monorail in 1959.
January 10, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Great vintage "you are there" photo from a young Disneyland-Alweg Monorail in 1959.
Vintage equivalent from Disneyland's first Christmas.
January 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Vintage equivalent from Disneyland's first Christmas.
POS
(Peeled Orange Stinger)
(Peeled Orange Stinger)
January 10, 2026 at 6:32 PM
POS
(Peeled Orange Stinger)
(Peeled Orange Stinger)
#25YearsAgoTodayAtDisneyland (1/10/2001) Scenes around the Park before opening. I took 33 photos in all, but why didn't I take more?!
January 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
#25YearsAgoTodayAtDisneyland (1/10/2001) Scenes around the Park before opening. I took 33 photos in all, but why didn't I take more?!
Zootopia 2 vs. Raya and the Last Dragon, Disneyland Resort style
January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Zootopia 2 vs. Raya and the Last Dragon, Disneyland Resort style
Last weekend I realized I had no keyword to bring up this area (which I've dubbed "New York facade photo location"), so I went on a tagging spree and now have 1,287 assets identified!
I think the windows were enclosed when it became a smoking location.
I think the windows were enclosed when it became a smoking location.
January 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Last weekend I realized I had no keyword to bring up this area (which I've dubbed "New York facade photo location"), so I went on a tagging spree and now have 1,287 assets identified!
I think the windows were enclosed when it became a smoking location.
I think the windows were enclosed when it became a smoking location.
Yeah, but have any of them done the historical reenactment of walking from the future Disneyland site to downtown Anaheim, like famed poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox?!
January 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Yeah, but have any of them done the historical reenactment of walking from the future Disneyland site to downtown Anaheim, like famed poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox?!
Including the Mark VII Autopia car bodies.
January 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Including the Mark VII Autopia car bodies.
Interviewing Bob Gurr in 2000
"My truthful opinion of monorails is that they are really not very good."
"My truthful opinion of monorails is that they are really not very good."
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Interviewing Bob Gurr in 2000
"My truthful opinion of monorails is that they are really not very good."
"My truthful opinion of monorails is that they are really not very good."
26 years ago today!
That time my Tom Morrow music video was screened in Innoventions in 2000.
Full music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIny...
Full music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIny...
January 10, 2026 at 12:54 AM
26 years ago today!
Downtown Disney Composite.tif
January 10, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Downtown Disney Composite.tif
Fantasia vs. Brother Bear, Disneyland Resort style
January 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Fantasia vs. Brother Bear, Disneyland Resort style
Holiday walks through major Disneyland construction
Fantasyland, December 1982 and Frontierland/Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, December 2016
Fantasyland, December 1982 and Frontierland/Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, December 2016
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Holiday walks through major Disneyland construction
Fantasyland, December 1982 and Frontierland/Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, December 2016
Fantasyland, December 1982 and Frontierland/Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, December 2016
Joshua’s is better, but I do like the mountain in the foreground here having the same type of transmissive towers as those in the distance.
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Joshua’s is better, but I do like the mountain in the foreground here having the same type of transmissive towers as those in the distance.
This is fortuitous, as the kids were just asking how long one billion seconds is. We determined that in about a year Bob will turn three billion seconds old!
Disney Legend Bob Gurr poses with #DisneylandHandcrafted director Leslie Iwerks.
January 9, 2026 at 3:07 AM
This is fortuitous, as the kids were just asking how long one billion seconds is. We determined that in about a year Bob will turn three billion seconds old!
Reposted by Jason Schultz
We’re here at the @DisneyStudios lot in Burbank for the premiere of the new #DisneylandHandcrafted documentary.
January 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
We’re here at the @DisneyStudios lot in Burbank for the premiere of the new #DisneylandHandcrafted documentary.
You might say that 1955 Disneyland is right in Tom's... Wheelhouse.
(ducks)
(ducks)
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
You might say that 1955 Disneyland is right in Tom's... Wheelhouse.
(ducks)
(ducks)
In this month of Disney's California Adventure preview anniversaries, worth boosting the first thing to be removed from the Park (without ever having opened).
Since posting this, I actually have the concept art for The Hot Potato!
Since posting this, I actually have the concept art for The Hot Potato!
BEHOLD: The Hot Potato (1/21/2001)
This "Baked Potato Kiosk" (also generically known as part of Bountiful Valley Farmer's Market) may have been the first casualty at DCA 1.0. It apparently never got permitted.
#SignageSunday
1/7
This "Baked Potato Kiosk" (also generically known as part of Bountiful Valley Farmer's Market) may have been the first casualty at DCA 1.0. It apparently never got permitted.
#SignageSunday
1/7
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
In this month of Disney's California Adventure preview anniversaries, worth boosting the first thing to be removed from the Park (without ever having opened).
Since posting this, I actually have the concept art for The Hot Potato!
Since posting this, I actually have the concept art for The Hot Potato!
Tangled vs. Robin Hood, Disneyland Resort style
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Tangled vs. Robin Hood, Disneyland Resort style
#25YearsAgoTodayAtDisneyland (1/8/2001) I was experiencing Disney's California Adventure for the first time with current/former Disneyland Design Studio Imagineers!
Michael Volcok and Scott L Jordan had left to join Digital On-Demand; Diane Michioka was managing it at the time.
Michael Volcok and Scott L Jordan had left to join Digital On-Demand; Diane Michioka was managing it at the time.
January 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
#25YearsAgoTodayAtDisneyland (1/8/2001) I was experiencing Disney's California Adventure for the first time with current/former Disneyland Design Studio Imagineers!
Michael Volcok and Scott L Jordan had left to join Digital On-Demand; Diane Michioka was managing it at the time.
Michael Volcok and Scott L Jordan had left to join Digital On-Demand; Diane Michioka was managing it at the time.