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The "Circus Train" ride was an exact replica of the "Casey Jr." train used in the Disney film Dumbo.

The "Tomorrowland's Boats" attraction opened in July 1955 but became the first permanent attraction to be removed from Disneyland.

Walt Disney's love of trains motivated him to expend his own resources to preserve real steam railroading at Disneyland and other Disney theme parks around the world.

Disneyland's "Jungle Cruise" attraction featured animatronic animals within a lush landscape in Anaheim, California, in 1955.

Characters portrayed as Native Americans welcome visitors to the "Painted Desert" in 1955. Some of Disney's early attractions have been criticized for reinforcing cultural stereotypes.

Frontierland visitors ride mules in the "Painted Desert."

People rest in Tomorrowland's "Space Port" on a summer day.

Drivers race around Disneyland's "Autopia" attraction.

Disneyland opened with a grand parade down Main Street U.S.A. on July 17, 1955.

The children's saloon, known as the Golden Horseshoe, was one of several original buildings dating back to the opening of the Disneyland Resort in 1955. Following thousands of performances, the Golden Horseshoe Revue was at one time “the world’s longest-running live stage show,” according the Guinness Book of World Records.