Click on the two aerial photographs below for much larger (1200 x 1600-pixel) versions of these historic images of Disneyland.

Things to look for on the 1955 aerial photo:

• Orange groves—and little else—around Disneyland
• The Santa Ana Freeway interchange under construction
• Undeveloped land between Fantasyland and the old Tomorrowland Lagoon
• Construction of Disneyland Hotel beginning
• Small parking area

Things to look for on the 1960 aerial photo:

• Holidayland, with a tent and softball field
• The Disneyland Hotel
• Motels appearing on roads around Disneyland
• The Matterhorn, Submarine Lagoon, and Fantasyland Autopia
• Expanded parking
• Still many orange trees, though fewer of them

Above Disneyland, July 15, 1955 Dressing for Disneyland Home

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Updated September 14, 2007.

Aerial photograph of Disneyland and the surrounding area, July 15, 1955: Courtesy of the Orange County Archives, Santa Ana, California.
 
Aerial photograph of Disneyland and the surrounding area, June 1960: Courtesy of the Orange County Archives, Santa Ana, California, from the Knott’s Berry Farm Collection.