The History Of The Grand Canyon & Primeval World
Description
A journey through time, space, and steam.
This was the first video I started working on, thinking that a short little attraction-inside-an-attraction would be a quick twenty minute video...
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Bibliography
I try my best to ensure this bibliography is correct when I release the video, but over time links may break and websites may become inaccessible.
Barrett, Richard. “Preview of Ford’s Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair.” Ford Times, December 1963. Read the article here.
Bossert, David A. Claude Coats: Walt Disney’s Imagineer: The Making of Disneyland from Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond. Old Mill Press, 2021.
Connaissance des Arts. “Interview with Tony Baxter.” Euro Disney: Connaissance Des Arts, April 1992. Read a transcription of the interview here.
Cotter, Bill. “Ford.” The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Read more about the Ford Pavilion here.
DeCaro, Dave. “Grand Canyon Diorama Debut, March 21, 1958.” Davelandblog, November 13, 2008. Read the post here.
DeCaro, Dave. “Disneyland Railroad: Grand Canyon Diorama Photos.” Daveland. See the photos here.
DeCaro, Dave. “Disneyland Railroad: Primeval World Diorama Photos.” Daveland. See the photos here.
DeGaetano, Steve. The Disneyland Railroad: A Complete History in Words and Pictures. Theme Park Press, 2015.
Duke, Donald. Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume One. Golden West Books, 1997.
Eck, Susan J. “Miniature Railway Concession.” Doing The Pan. Read the article here.
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Ghez, Didier, ed. Walt’s People: Talking Disney with the Artists Who Knew Him. Vol. 19. Theme Park Press, 2025.
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Navarro, Dawn, and Max Navarro. “The Grizzly Flats Railroad.” Disney News Magazine, September 1985. Read the article at the Internet Archive here.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, 1915. R. A. Reid, 1915. Read the guidebook on the Internet Archive here.
Powell, John Wesley. Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries: Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Government Printing Office, 1875. Read the book online at the Internet Archive.
Priestley, J.B. Midnight On The Desert. 1937. Read the book online at the Internet Archive.
Pyne, Stephen J. How The Canyon Became Grand: A Short History. Penguin Books, 1999.
Quinn, Stephen Christopher, and American Museum of Natural History. Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History. Harry N. Abrams, 2006.
Rothman, Hal. Devil’s Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth-Century American West. University Press of Kansas, 1998.
Rugh, Susan Sessions. Are We There Yet? The Golden Age of American Family Vacations. University Press of Kansas, 2008. Read the book online at the Internet Archive.
Santa Fe. “How Many Grand Canyons Are There?” Advertisement. Look Magazine, June 13, 1967. Read the magazine online here.
Sklar, Martin A. Walt Disney’s Disneyland. Walt Disney Productions, 1964. Read the book online at the Internet Archive here.
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Wecker, Menachem. “The History and Future of the Once-Revolutionary Taxidermy Diorama.” Smithsonian Magazine. Read the article here.
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