1970s Jersey Fabric

The last of the fabric posts - until I find something new.  This stuff just screams the 1970s to me, but please correct me if I'm wrong.  It is some sort of jersey-like material, very lightweight.  So far I have found it in two colorways:  white

and pink.

And I've even found two homemade items in it, one of each color.  A blouse or pajama top in the white

and a baby blanket in the pink

Bates Disciplined Fabric - Alice Painting the Roses Red

Another Bates fabric, probably from the same era, is this very neon example featuring Alice in a number of poses with some rose trees that have been painted red.

While this example does still have a selvedge, it just lists the company name and the Disney copyright.

Bates Disneyland Fabric - Alice in Wonderland in Blue

Ok, so yesterday I said I assumed this fabric was available in store.  It was.  And this is a piece of it in blue.  I've not yet found a piece in pink.  I really like the mushroom background pattern.  All of the characters are a little crudely rendered, but what do you expect for cotton fabric from so long ago?  No selvedge on this piece, so I don't know what, if anything, this pattern was called other than Alice in Wonderland.

As luck would have it, I also have a homemade item using this fabric - a doll's apron or pinafore.  I love finding stuff like this.

Bates Disneyland Fabric Ad

What is really an ad for kids bathing suits as sold only at Disneyland is in fact also an ad for Bates Disciplined Fabric in Disney prints

The Alice in Wonderland print was available in both blue and pink, and although the Can Can style swim suit was only sold at Disneyland by Cole of California, the fabric was available in fabric stores everywhere.  Or so I assume.

Sheet Music Song Book from Finland

Something new for me, some sheet music from Finland!  Way cool.

Interesting that the title is listed in both Finnish (red) and Swedish (green).  Really bizarre color scheme on this, red green & white, everyone looks a little possessed.  Interior has music and lyrics for three songs in two languages.  Pretty damn cool and the only one I've ever seen.

English Birthday Card by Valentine's - Alice

Last in the series (that I am aware of) is this of Alice, with the bluebird of happiness apparently.

Again interior sentiment not really saying much, and certainly not themed to the Alice-ness of the card.

Nanny must have gotten a deal on these cards, and only known one heartfelt phrase for her presumed young charges - this time the recipient is Bobbie.  Twins perhaps?  Who can say, but I'm very glad to have them.

English Birthday Card by Valentine's - Dinah

Now here's something you don't see everyday, a birthday card with Dinah.

And it is even our friend Figaro as Dinah as we've discussed many times in the past.

Interior sentiment is similar to the others.  And this card was given by Nanny to John, she must really have liked him as she gave him seven kisses!

English Birthday Card by Valentine's - White Rabbit

Since I have several of these Valentine's birthday cards, seems the right time to do them all.  The second card in the series features the White Rabbit.

The greeting is 'A gay "Note" for your birthday', odd that they didn't succumb to the 'belated' temptation that seemingly every other greeting card company did.  Refreshing, but odd.

Interior message is again lengthy and not particularly themed to the rest of the card, except for the repetition of the 'gay' sentiment.  For those of you under the age of 30, gay is an old fashioned way of saying lighthearted, carefree, fun, merry etc.  Think Flintstones theme song.  Oh, and the Flintstones is an old cartoon about a stone age family - again for the under 30 crowd.  Hmm...maybe ever for the under 40 crowd.  Damn I'm getting old...

I Went to the DFC Disney Show and All I Got was this Birthday Card - King of Hearts Birthday Card by Valentine's of Great Britain

The DFC show was a rousing success!  Thanks to everyone who dropped by to say hi!  My only score at the show was this English birthday card by Valentine's Greeting Cards, featuring the King of Hearts.

My quest for this card has spanned almost an entire year.  I first became aware of it after last year's D23 show - which I did not attend.  A friend sent me a camera phone shot of it, but it didn't come through until after the show was over.

Yikes!  Never seen this before!  I must have it!  Then followed a series of inquiries by several individuals trying to track down both the vendors and the card.  I did finally discover the identity of the vendor, and I met them at the Dayton show.  But alas, was told the card had sold :-(  Then at the DFC show this summer, one of the individuals who had tried to track it down told me that the card was still available and that there had been some sort of miscommunication!  Hooray!  And it now happily resides with its brethren in the Tulgey Wood.

The interior sports a fairly lengthy verse about living life well...with no reference to the King or Alice whatsoever.  But I will hand it to Joan, a nice obscure card to her friend Gavan is never wrong in my book.

Walt Disney and Family at the Alice in Wonderland World Premiere

In celebration of the 63rd anniversary of Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland, we have here a press photo of Walt and his family at the World Premiere in London.

The snipe reads as follows

I recognize Walt, Lily, Sharon and Diane, and perhaps Roy, but I don't know who that little girl is in the foreground.

Booth Setup Complete - Come On Down to DFC Expo

Updated Alice Attraction

Shot of the new Alice figure in the (finally) rehab'd Alice attraction. Short version of my verdict: Nice job Imagineers! I think all the additions only enhance the experience. And even the widened vine ramp is done well and doesn't detract too much. All in all, a big win.

DFC Disneyana Expo Preview - Day 6

It says Libby's Libby's Libby's on the label, label, label...I've got 9 posters from the Libby's in-store promotion kit, including a full set of the 8 different character product posters.  You may never see another full set again.  And tonight is the only night I'll be able to have my room open for room hopping, come visit us in room #520 at the Wyndham Anaheim-Garden Grove.  We'll have our room open from 7-11p, so get a jump on Sunday's sale.

DFC Disneyana Expo Preview - Day 5

This just in:  Rare Disneyland ticket alert!  I've VERY recently come into possession of the rarest of the rare in Alice ephemera:  a stub-style named attraction ticket booth ticket!  Must be because of the newly rehab'd attraction that these came my way.  Don't miss out!

DFC Disneyana Expo Preview - Day 4

Ok, you had to know I would be bringing these, so satisfy your own personal vinyl desires with a Daughter and Doll apron set.  In a wide variety of colors.

DFC Disneyana Expo Preview - Day 3

Perhaps the rarest of all Linemar tin toys is this Mad Hatter's Skyview Taxi.  Many Linemar collectors don't even know of its existence!  I'll have a fair example with a reproduction box available on Sunday.  Don't miss it!

DFC Disneyana Expo Preview - Day 2

One of my all time favorite pieces of ephemera is this - a Sunday supplement from 1951 called This Week, featuring a beautiful full color photograph of Kathy on the cover, and a 2-page article inside.

DFC Disneyana Expo Preview - Day 1

All this week, while I'm slogging my way cross-country in a cargo van filled with goodies, I'll be posting some highlights of what I'll have in my booth!  Starting with this rarity.  The Regal Mad Hatter Tea Pot.

These come up very rarely and I'm lucky to have this one.  Hake's sold one in 2010 for over $2000.  Come and get it!

Prepping for Disneyana Expo at the Disneyana Fan Club

So its been very quiet here at the VDA blog, and I do apologize for that.  But it has been for a good reason.  This year, in addition to the Dayton Show last month, I will be setting up at the biggest Disneyana show in the country, the Disneyana Fan Club Expo in Garden Grove, just down the street from Disneyland.  The show is on July 20th, come on down!  I've been gathering lots of new things to offer, something for everyone I'm sure.  Stay tuned!

Ready for customers

Booth is ready, come on down!!

Disneyland Gate Brochure 1958

In honor of today being the 56th anniversary of the Alice dark ride attraction at Disneyland, I present you with the gate giveaway brochure from 1958, the year the attraction opened.

Admittedly it is not very exciting from an Alice point of view, but there it is, listed on the back under new attractions.  I am nothing if not a completist.

Dayton Disneyana!

Sorry for the radio silence this past month, been quite the whirlwind of activity here in the Tulgey Wood, mostly in preparation for this years Dayton Disneyana show, this weekend.  Here are just a few of the items I'll have with me :-)  Come on down and buy my stuff!

1968 Hollander Vinyl Bubble Umbrella

So it is a rainy day here in the Tulgey Wood, a perfect day to post this very mod clear vinyl bubble umbrella.

Manufactured in 1968, to me this just looks like Twiggy wants to walk down Main Street USA holding this.

Clear vinyl with blue trim, it sport large images of Alice and the White Rabbit.

Made exclusively for Disneyland by Hollander, the label proudly proclaims 100% vinyl!  Thank goodness there are no non-vinyl substitute materials in this umbrella.

And of course, as with everything in the 1960s, made in Hong Kong.