A bit of History...
 

Holy cow! I was cleaning out some old boxes today, and I found something I've never seen before.

A hand painted bowl with my Grandfathers initials on it.



I nice bit of family history, and then I turn it over to see the inscription on the bottom:



As some of you know, My Grandfather was a structural engineer who helped build parts of Disneyland. One of his projects was the structural design for the Moonliner and the original bumpers for the Autopia cars.

This is obviously a thank you from the project, but I've got to know who "GS" is.

That is exceptionally cool.

Antiques Roadshow here you come!

That's really awesome.

A cousin of mine helped with the Matterhorn and original subs. I'll ask my mom if we have any records, might be able to find out who GS is.

ETA:

Here's what my mom said: his name was [removed/PMed to Moonie] and he was a structural engineer who designed or helped design the Mattehorn and submarine rides.

So no GS but how many structural engineers would have been a part of the Moonliner and Autopia. I bet you can figure it out.

RAD RAD RADRADRAD

I'm hoping it's from a Disney luminary but it could just as easily be from an old neighbor. Either way, it's a great find.

I found Gabriel Scognamillo who was the art director for Tomorrowland

Humm.. An art guy who worked on the look of Tomorrowland... That fits pretty well. Great find BTD!

Too cool!

That's actually a pretty cool site in and of itself.

I wish I'd known five years ago that every Carrousel horse had its own name. We could have assigned everybody (not just Not Afraid) a specific horse, and the whole fun process would have taken hours! :D