Some particularly great photos of opening day. I love how creepy the Dwarves looked back. then.

The final set of opening day snapshots from this collection. I did save the best for last.

I usually don't DisMark too many "photos only" posts, but this one pulls at my heartstrings -- I'm just an EPCOT kid at heart. Here's one of the Universe of Energy dinosaurs being put together, and a scene from World of Motion being constructed.

From September 30, 1955, is this industrial bulletin from Todd Shipyards. The bulletin details the work Todd did for Disneyland. Todd constructed the Mark Twain hull, the Mark Twain paddle, the Graving Dock (Fowler's Harbor) and the rigging for the Chicken of the Sea Restaurant ship.

An early publicity still featuring the Bruce Bushman ride layout for Peter Pan in Fantasyland. Although at first glance the drawing appears to be simple, there are many details to be found.

The sketches were purchased from the daughter of one of the main importers of souvenirs for Disneyland. I am not sure if larger paintings were executed of the sketches, or if they were actually used on merchandise. The sketches measure approximately 2 by 2 inches in size and are well done.

Here is an interesting publicity photograph. Interesting because the photo shows the parade with the lights on, but with no parade cast members. I like that you can see all the various floats. I believe this image dates from the late 1970s or early 1980s.