Postcards From Around The World!

OK, I admit it... these postcards aren't really from "around the world"... they're from Anaheim and nearby Buena Park. But they are part of my "koo koo bananas" postcard collection, and I would like to share them with you.

This first card is an "unofficial" Disneyland card, but what a card! As you can see, it's a fabulous aerial view of the Mine Train as it passes through The Living Desert. Look at how close Fantasyland is, just over that line of trees. The little train is just about to pass that mine tunnel, which I am thinking is where some of the trains might have been stored at night (?). The track loops around and eventually vanishes into the entrance to the beautiful Rainbow Caverns.


This is the only "lenticular" postcard I have ever seen for Knott's Berry Farm. There is no date, but I am guessing "late 1960's". As you can see, it shows a scene from the botched train robbery; lawmen stand solemnly while the undertaker prepares to scrape up the thief's corpse from the ground. Some fun! The 3-D effect is pretty good, but it would be even better with that blue Na'vi chick from "Avatar".


Here's a somewhat-scarce postcard advertising Disneyland's Casa de Fritos. It's a pretty ugly card, apparently somebody just took a photo of a billboard and voila! Instant postcard. But I am always happy to see the Fritos Kid ("Hey Klondike!"), and find myself staring at that platter of mysterious food (lets' see, there's Fritos, rice, and... brown things) the way I stare at a car wreck on highway 101.