Q: I recently came across a photo in an envelope with a pre-printed return address that states, “Fun Photo Gallery Disneyland Anaheim, Calif.” on it. The photo (probably Polaroid) shows a group posing in a frame labeled “Honored Guests.” I have never heard of this and am wondering where the gallery was located, what is there now, and, if possible, how long it operated there?
William, Fountain Valley, California
A: There was an Art Gallery and Photo Studio on Main Street, U.S.A. from 1955 to 1959, offering, beginning in 1957, plywood cut-out flats behind which you could pose. Then the operation moved to Tomorrowland, from 1959 to 1967, first known there as Photo Gallery, then Fun Fotos. One paid a dollar for a black and white Polaroid photo.
Dave Smith