The Wayback Machine

Junior · June 22, 2010, 04:35:37 PM

Yeah Rube, keep it coming...I seldom get blown away by anything anymore...but the really old stuff you post are things I never have seen, or sometimes, have even heard about before. So I really like it when you can floor me with something new. I love it, dig deep and be generous with us!

rubedugans · June 22, 2010, 05:47:42 PM

Being the 50th anniversary, Wayback machine set for 1960-
This is my Family Tree souvenir SDC Frame. This is from the 1960 season, and one cool thing about it is that it still has the "stock photos" in the frame. So someone bought a small cedar family tree, and never used it! What is funny is that the bottom 4 photos as you can see-fit together in one way or another like a puzzle.

Junior · June 23, 2010, 07:45:28 AM

All that cedar stuff, and most of the hillbilly themed stuff was being slowly phased out and was available on clearance racks in the Ozark Marketplace toward the end of my time at SDC (mid 80s) You don't see much of it in the flea markets or on ebay anymore, either. It's great to take a look back at things like that. My grandparents had a cedar matchstick holder from SDC that graced the wall of their kitchen for decades.

History Buff · June 23, 2010, 10:25:58 AM

I think you can still get it at the woodcarvers.

rubedugans · June 23, 2010, 11:37:25 PM

Wayback Machine set for 1960's
Did you forget to sign your Season Pass? Good thing I am here with a pen

rubedugans · June 23, 2010, 11:43:14 PM

Wayback Machine set for 1968
Man it is gettin' hot out, good thing I picked up this collapsible souvenir fan!
Showcased are The Wilderness Church, the train, Sullivan's Mill, the General Store , The Hotel, The Swinging Bridge, Lucky Silver Mine, and The Floodeed Mine

Junior · June 24, 2010, 11:06:32 AM

Ah, the swingin' '60s! Mighty fancy pen and fan, huh? Thanks for the photos.

rubedugans · June 24, 2010, 11:18:33 PM

Wayback Machine set for It is 14,270 days ago.....
Or 39 years, 25 days ago
(May 31, 1971)
My ticket from Jim Owens Float Trip...
Thankfully the trip went alright, and we stayed dry from the water splash and stream!
Enjoy the coveted ephemera-Once again paper items were some of the first to go after the visit was over, I have only come across a few of these in my collecting days. Thanfully I got this one by accident.

It was in a scrapbook I bought for the Disney postcards (I know it is a 4 letter word here) in a scrapbook. It was full of Six flags StL California, Arkansas, and MO maps, ephemera, ticket stubs etc. Best of all the original owners made a stop at SDC on May 31, 1971, which included the cave tour, 3 brochures, a corn shuck doll insruction, reciepts for all purchases, hotel receipts, bald knobber tickets and brochures, COTO newspapers....FULL OF STUFF!!!!!!

Junior · June 25, 2010, 09:12:39 AM

AH...you gotta post all that stuff...love the float trip ticket, again, never have seen that before. Here is something you can look for if you don't have it, Rube: On the first day the float trip was open, the park issued certificates that were suitable for framing that had a blank for your name, and said that you were among the first to ride the float trip. I have seen only one in my life, and I tried to buy it on the spot. The owners would not part with it.

rubedugans · June 25, 2010, 10:21:00 AM

I knew of the certificates, and never have seen one in person. At least now I know what I need to ask Santa for at Christmas time!

These tickets were used the same way that the previously posted tickets were for entry into the Flooded Mine, The Train etc. Great to have seeing that the ride does not exist in present day!

betamike · June 26, 2010, 03:44:17 PM

This one comes from one of my trips as a kid back in the early 80's possibly? It's a nice tin box that is themed to the famous "newsprint" bags that we all know and appreciate.

Junior · June 26, 2010, 04:07:04 PM

That's nice, too. Ya know, I might have some of those old paper bags in a box in a closet somewhere.

rubedugans · June 26, 2010, 10:42:41 PM

That's awesome I have a few of the old bags, as well as a few of the new ones, and even a marvel cave park bag, but nothing that is "bag themed". I have not seen those before, but if I did I would snatch it up right away!

rubedugans · July 03, 2010, 01:26:47 AM

Wayback year set for mid 1960's SDC/ Marvel cave Park

I have several of these laying around. I am unsure of exactly when they were used...

Junior · July 03, 2010, 08:49:42 AM

Looks like the card with the church photo is from the 60s. Probably was left at the entry and was a freebie visitors could pick up at the door as they left the church. Interesting to see the guy working away at making the big pulpit in front of the church. That would have to be an early photo from spring of 1960 I guess. Cannot remember the name of the "citizen" who built the pulpit. It may be listed on a sign inside the church today, as I know it was there at some time in the past.