Ephemera Archives - ImagiNERDing

The Mystery of the 1888 Fire-Escape Chair

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025George Comment

The Mystery of the 1888 Fire-Escape Chair: A Thrilling Amusement That Vanished Without a Trace While researching an 1888 article about a curious [...]

Discover Damascene at Lake Buena Vista

March 13, 2025January 2, 2026George Comment

Discover Damascene at Lake Buena Vista Village! Damascene at Lake Buena Vista Village is one of those wonderfully specific bits of Walt Disney [...]

1971 Main Street USA Postcard

February 16, 2025December 31, 2025George Comment

1971 Main Street USA Postcard I love amusement and theme park postcards. These brief snapshots in time let you share the excitement and [...]

Official Opening of the Contemporary Resort

December 29, 2024January 3, 2025George Comment

Official Opening of the Contemporary Resort Walt Disney World opened October 1, 1971. But the official openings of the Vacation Kingdom of the [...]

1971 Vintage Florida Attractions Advertisements

June 3, 2023George 3

1971 Vintage Florida Attractions Advertisements from WDW Vacationland After the 1965 announcement that Disney was coming to Florida, the company made sure to [...]

Bottoming Out Spaceship Earth

August 8, 2022March 13, 2026George 1

Bottoming Out Spaceship Earth Spaceship Earth is one of the most photographed and recognizable icons in Disney history, but some of its most [...]

concept art from 1996 about the proposed space pavilion at Epcot

Epcot Space Pavilion Concept from 1996: Part One

June 30, 2020June 29, 2020George 3

Epcot Space Pavilion Concept from 1996: Part One Back in the mid-1990s, Disney was looking to redo the Horizons Pavilion. G.E. decided not [...]

First Community in Walt Disney World

June 23, 2020January 9, 2026George 1

Lake Buena Vista Village Townhouses: First Community in Walt Disney World The Lake Buena Vista Village Townhouses represent one of Disney’s earliest attempts [...]