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Silver Dollar City & Celebration City Discussion => SDC Memories/ Park History => Topic started by: palallin on May 18, 2011, 10:02:47 AM

Title: July1966
Post by: palallin on May 18, 2011, 10:02:47 AM
I have dug some pics out of the albums, several Kodak snapshots and one "official" photo taken, I suppose, by a city photographer.  All are from a visit in July of '66 ; I was 26 months old at the time, so I really don't remember this visit.  I do remember visits from the next several years (up till '71, next visit after that was in '82).  I even remember a childhood nightmare about the Flooded Mine.

The first pic is very poor, but it shows Shad (I think) working at his anvil.
(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb439/palallin/Silver%20Dollar%20City/SDCBlacksmith.jpg)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: palallin on May 18, 2011, 10:05:08 AM
The next shows most of the family who were there in front of the restaurant.

The shortest one, on the left, is me.  The two ladies are my grandmother and my aunt.  The other three children are my aunt's, therefore my cousins.  My mother took the shot.

(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb439/palallin/Silver%20Dollar%20City/SDCRestaurant.jpg)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: palallin on May 18, 2011, 10:08:53 AM
This one shows us kids in front of the steam traction engine.

(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb439/palallin/Silver%20Dollar%20City/SDCTractionEngine.jpg)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: palallin on May 18, 2011, 10:09:54 AM
Next is the hotel.

(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb439/palallin/Silver%20Dollar%20City/SDCHotel.jpg)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: palallin on May 18, 2011, 10:11:10 AM
The next three are taken in front of the hotel during a street show/shoot out.  I am only guessing at the proper order.

(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb439/palallin/Silver%20Dollar%20City/SDCShootout.jpg)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: palallin on May 18, 2011, 10:13:13 AM
Oh!  He got me!!

(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb439/palallin/Silver%20Dollar%20City/SDCShootout1.jpg)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: palallin on May 18, 2011, 10:14:43 AM
Aftermath?

(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb439/palallin/Silver%20Dollar%20City/SDCShootout2.jpg)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: palallin on May 18, 2011, 10:16:49 AM
This one was shoot by somone else in another format:  black&white, different size.  Thin paper:  I tried taking it off the album page and nearly ruined it (hence the crinkle ont he right hand side), so I had to crop this scan quite a bit.

Group of rowdy reprobates!

(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb439/palallin/Silver%20Dollar%20City/SDCJail.jpg)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: MissinTheGreenTrams on May 18, 2011, 10:17:23 AM
what wonderful pictures!! thanks for sharing those! I always love to look back and see how different it was.
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: pintrader on May 18, 2011, 10:25:04 AM
Yes!  Thank You Very Much palallin.  Really Nice!
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: Coaster on May 18, 2011, 10:46:20 AM
Awesome pictures!!! I wish I could go back in time and see one of those street shows from the old days!
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: rubedugans on May 18, 2011, 11:32:32 AM
Wonderful! I love looking at the photos of the city in it's various times. It is great how the same shots would look very familiar today (aside from the clothing!).

I LOVE the photo of the Hotel, and The Candy Store (Copper Kettle)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: sanddunerider on May 18, 2011, 12:26:14 PM
Great pics! thanks!
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: Junior on May 18, 2011, 12:39:36 PM
Wow thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: thelarsonsix on May 18, 2011, 12:42:00 PM
Excellent! Thank you so much for sharing!
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: Ozark Outlaw on May 18, 2011, 12:54:16 PM
Those are some classic gems you have there! It's amazing how much the hotel has cosmetically changed throughout the years, and yet in many ways it still looks exactly the same. :)
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: okiebluegrass on May 18, 2011, 01:09:08 PM
Really awesome pictures !!!
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: palallin on May 19, 2011, 10:24:36 AM
Glad you folks liked them.  Hard to believe that was 45 years ago.
Title: Re: July1966
Post by: marolinesdad on May 19, 2011, 11:49:04 PM
It is amazing to me to see how much hasn't changed in the last 45 years.