Color aerial photograph of Disneyland, Anaheim, California, August 1963

Color aerial photograph of Disneyland, Anaheim, California, August 1963This photo treats us to an aerial photo that’s also in color. We’re looking at Disneyland in August of 1963, where we can make out the Jungle Cruise at top right, the Matterhorn on the left, and the nearby swirling tea cups of the Mad Tea Party. Also interesting to note is how lightly developed the land around the theme park is. It’s no longer empty land or filled with orchards, but there are still large pockets of empty land just waiting for the bulldozers and backhoes that will surely arrive one day soon.

This satellite image from 2021 shows the area around Disneyland is a liiiiiiiitle but more filled in these days:

 

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