It’s A Small World at 50 – A History in Postcards

Written by Rick Wright. Posted in Disney Parks, Disneyland Resort, Features, Weekend Update

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Published on April 05, 2014 at 3:00 am with 4 Comments

It’s A Small World will celebrate its 50th anniversary on April 10, 2014. In honor of this auspicious occasion, here are some postcard images that have celebrated the attraction through the years. ~~Rick

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Note that in the following two postcards, the backside description of the scene changed from “Latin America in It’s A Small World” to “South American Serenade”.

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Happy 50th anniversary to it’s a small world!!!

Postcard images from the collection of Ken Eslick, DisneylandPostcards.net, and used by permission.

About Rick Wright

Rick has been a long term MiceChat author and co-founder of the Weekend Update. You will often find Rick in the position of "Greeter" at official events due to his warm and welcoming spirit. If you've got photos, news or trip reports to share, Rick would love to hear from you: [email protected]

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  • jcruise86

    Thanks, Rick! I hope you have future articles on post card histories of
    the Haunted Mansion,
    the Jungle Cruise,
    and a long one on Disneyland’s Tomorrowland too.
    Good article!

    • Algernon

      I’d love to see Tomorrowland ones. When I was a kid I used to always look at them when I went to the store.

  • whamo

    Yes, Disneyland postcards are fantastic. I send one to my 3 year old niece every month so she’ll want to come visit us. It works like a charm.

  • MrTour

    I think I have about half of these post cards…