Thursday, August 27, 2009

1955 Disneyland Ticket Book

Looking way back into Vintage Disneyland Tickets, this ticket book is from late 1955 and is ultra rare and its not mine. Thanks "SD" for yet another amazing scan! I believe the "X" in the serial number is what designates this as a "Courtesy Guest" book.




9 comments:

Major Pepperidge said...

WOW... I had a chance to buy an unused 1955 ticket book, but backed out due to the price. I kind of regret it now...

thepicklebarrel said...

Ah, ticket books...

I've been collecting Disneyland stuff for over 20 years now. (yipes!)

Although I have a pretty well rounded collection, I've generally kept away from getting too caught up in the ticket-mania aspect of the park. Too specific and unending, not to mention pricey. The variations can get nuts.

I was lucky enough to get one of these. I paid through the teeth, but I felt if I should have one ticket book to represent the essence of Dland tix, what should it be?

An early 1955 ticket book is about as good as it gets.

Great post!

jedblau said...

Weird...my ticket book is X09371. Must have come from the same source...

Major Pepperidge said...

Picklebarrel, I'm sure that all of the reasons you listed for not wanting to collect the tickets are exactly the reasons why Tim WANTS to collect 'em! Except for the pricey part.

thepicklebarrel said...

True...

A passionate puzzle to solve for one can be an exercise in torture for another!

Vintage Disneyland Tickets said...

Picklebarrel, you are right about the pricey part, you may notice that the Zillion dollars tickets I post are rarely mine, I get sweaty & nervous if any item costs me more than ten bucks!

Major is correct about the "too specific and unending" part, its what makes it such a fun challenge, there is always some ticket/paper item from the park that I've never seen, I can't image ever collecting them all, but someday I will try to document them all :-)

Vintage Disneyland Tickets said...

Jed; That's weird - Where did you get yours?

Anonymous said...

I have several original Disney articles, I have a unused ticket book, original map dated 1956, parking coupons, Santa Fe & Disneyland railroad map & tickets to board the train dated 1957 and other items, any idea's on value? Please email kwekweg@yahoo.com or post a reply PLEASE!!

puppylove768 said...

How much is it worth today?