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[Junior]

Oh, you are making my mouth water Rube! Hurry...get posting! 

[rubedugans]

There are only a few exterior shots that show parts of the Diving Bell. You have seen all of the good ones already.Hopefully in an hour or so I will have the machine up and running back to 1982.

[rubedugans]

1983
Startin' me early! I'd reenact this photo, but my wife, and HFEC might have some issues with that! Since I doubt this Saloon girl is still there , It'd be kind of akward to reenact by going into her present job almost 30 yrs later-wherever it is- and sit down on her lap...I'll pass on the reenactment for this one.

[Junior]

Rube, I know for a fact that the Saloon girl is still at SDC!! She's in the Old Folks Home located behind the waterfall at the lumbercamp! (LOL! ) Oh, I shouldn't joke. I  know you have got to feel old looking at the picture now. Thanks for sharing.

[rubedugans]

By my calculations this attractive 20 something would be a minimum of age 50 now!

This is Mom, me and StLPhotogal standing at the entrance to the park after leaving the Hospitality House. Love the lattice work arched entryway! If you look closely, you will see a few items-the large human powered spinning wheel, the large restaurant sign.

Different batch-this time 1986 (but if I do the math is right with the 24th crafts festival counting ahead from 1963 it would be 1987, I just don't think this was that late...)

[Ozark Outlaw]

Wow, what an entrance! Silver Dollar City always did have a way of welcoming guest in a big way. It's hard to imagine that I was sill in diapers in 1986, but it is good to know that Silver Dollar City still hasn't lost its true hospitality.

Thanks for sharing.

[How-doFolks]

Wow, lots'a leg back in 1983 !!

[pintrader]

With that smile on your face Rube while sitting on that girl's lap, it sure looks like you are enjoying yourself too much even for SDC standards  .

[rubedugans]

I was sure entertained wasn't I?

now back to 1982...outside the exit to the Flooded Mine Ride

[rubedugans]

And on to my new favorite from this batch, maybe this whole box...also from 1982...

[Junior]

Good job on the last two shots, Rube! I remember when that Ice wagon was brought in and placed next to FM! They did a good job with that, and it was a good atmosphere piece to get a picture with family. (I was moonlighting at the FM at this time as a prisoner. That's when I was not doing my regular gig at the diving bell.) That stagecoach shot is good, too. I think about this time (82) the few remaining stagecoaches on park, maybe three or four, were either parked off park in storage or parked somewhere on park for photo ops only. I think the stagecoach ride was over by this time. I remember a stagecoach under an awning at the stage depot building. PLEASE KEEP OLD PHOTOS THEM COMING!

[rubedugans]

Wayback set for 1984...maybe Betamike knows somebody in this one!

[Zephon]

Great pictures, rube...as always.  The saloon gal's name is Sandy (last name withheld).  She was a good friend, a lot of fun, and that elbow could very well be mine, but I can't be sure.

[Ozark Outlaw]

Yet more great additions from your endless bucket Rube!

I was looking at the first picture of everyone playing in the stagecoach, and it made me wonder why Silver Dollar City doesn't have one now that allows people climb into it for photo opportunities?

The other picture in the Candy Shop is a classic. However, I often wonder just how many batches of peanut brittle have been made on that table over the decades?

[Junior]

I hope, Zephon, Copper, or one of the other current "Citizens" can answer the question above about why SDC didn't keep on park at least one of the stagecoaches for photo ops. I know one is at College of the Ozarks at Ralph Foster Museum, but, it's just not the same.
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