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The \"E\" Ticket Magazine — Number 34, Fall 2000
Issue #34 of The \"E\" Ticket is a Tomorrowland and Haunted Mansion Disney history collector\'s essential — built around the most comprehensive history ever published of the Submarine Voyage attraction, paired with a rare in-depth profile of Yale Gracey, the quietly brilliant Imagineer who invented the illusions that made the Haunted Mansion possible. For serious Disneyana researchers and attraction historians, this is a must-have issue.
Feature 1: Walt Disney\'s Autograph — by Phil Sears
A 7-page collector\'s guide to one of the most sought-after signatures in Disneyana. Covers the history of Walt\'s signing habits at the park, how to identify authentic examples, and what makes a Disney autograph rare or valuable.
Feature 2: Along with Walt — Gilmore Guests, September 1964
A 3-page photo feature drawn from a privately commissioned photographic record of Walt Disney\'s September 1964 visit to Kalamazoo, Michigan — a stopover on his way to Washington D.C. to receive the Congressional Medal of Freedom from President Lyndon Johnson. Walt stayed with Donald S. Gilmore, Chairman of Upjohn Pharmacy, whose Main Street presence at Disneyland had made them friends. Candid, professionally taken portraits of Walt arriving by company airplane and touring the Upjohn facilities survive in their original bound volume — a remarkably intimate primary source document of Walt\'s life.
Feature 3: Tomorrowland from the Air — Summer 1959
A stunning 2-page full-spread aerial photograph of Disneyland in summer 1959, capturing the brand-new Matterhorn, Monorail, and Submarine Voyage attractions simultaneously for the first time. The image shows a submarine rounding the mermaid island in the South Seas Lagoon, the fully camouflaged Submarine Voyage show building, the dual Autopia tracks, the TWA Rocket, the Flight Circle, the Midget Autopia, and the Fantasyland train station — an extraordinary historical document of the park at a pivotal moment in its history.
Feature 4: Disneyland\'s Submarine Voyage
The centerpiece of this issue — a definitive 16-page history of one of Disneyland\'s most beloved and technically remarkable lost attractions. From its origins in the excitement surrounding America\'s nuclear submarine program and the International Geophysical Year, through Walt Disney\'s personal championship of the project, to the design and construction of the eight-submarine fleet and the elaborate underwater scenic environment, this article leaves nothing untold. The article traces the ride\'s connection to Disney\'sMan in Spacetelevision series and the public fascination with undersea exploration, documents the opening ceremonies with Lillian Disney and Navy officials, and reconstructs the complete underwater experience — the South Seas Lagoon, the mermaid island (with live swimmers during daylight hours), the polar ice cap, the Lost Continent, and the sea life scenic work overseen by WED model shop craftsmen. Rare period photographs include a breathtaking aerial view of the lagoon and show building, interior scenic photographs, and images of the fleet at the loading dock. An essential reference for any collector of Tomorrowland history.
Feature 5: Disneyland\'s Fun Foto Gallery
A 2-page collector\'s reference documenting the charming souvenir photo concession that operated at Disneyland from 1957, where families posed behind plywood caricature cutouts for novelty keepsake photos — first at the Photo & Art Gallery on Main Street, then relocating as the Fun Foto Gallery through Tomorrowland\'s 1959 expansion. Period photographs and surviving examples of the Polaroid souvenir \"flats\" are reproduced for collectors.
Feature 6: Yale Gracey and the Haunted Mansion
A rare and richly illustrated 8-page profile of Yale Gracey — Disney Effects Master and the man most responsible for the optical illusions, special effects, and atmospheric magic that define the Haunted Mansion experience. Gracey spent his Disney career as a layout artist before Walt Disney recognized his obsession with illusion and set him free to invent. The article traces his contributions to the Haunted Mansion\'s most iconic effects — the Ballroom scene\'s floating apparitions, the Hatbox Ghost, the séance room, and beyond — and documents his work alongside fellow effects pioneers. A recipient of the Disney Legend Award in 1999, Gracey is shown here at work manipulating the Haunted Mansion\'s ghostly Hatbox Ghost illusion — a striking photograph that is alone worth the price of admission for Haunted Mansion collectors.
Condition:
This issue presents in very good condition overall, with honest wear from having been read and enjoyed. No tears, no writing, no missing pages. All 42 pages are intact and fully legible. Please review all provided photos carefully, as they are part of the condition description.
Dimensions:8.5 x 11 inches | Page Count: 42 pages | Color cover with combination of black and white and color photography throughout.
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