The Future Won't Wait...

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

In 1960, Monsanto Chemical Company reprinted an article from their Monsanto Magazine as an 8-page promotional booklet. The Monsanto House of the Future had been open at Disneyland since 1957. It needed a major update in 1960—because, according to the article, “many of the things deemed ‘futuristic’ as recently as 1957 are simply ‘contemporary’ today.”

Enjoy this trip 50 years back in time. I like how the 6 million visitors to the attraction between 1957 and 1960 are referred to as “six million volunteer ‘researchers’” and as “12 million tramping feet.” Don’t miss the lists of materials and participants at the end of the article. So many trademarked chemicals!

This booklet is reproduced here in its entirety.

http://www.yesterland.com/futurewontwait.html

[Desirée {PL Team}]

Very cool! I think I need this:

[CupcakeCutie]

http://www.lostparks.com/xanadu.html

lol I'm looking for more on this one to add here, but I thought it was funny that I used to live a few blocks from the one located in Kissimmee Fla in the 90's and now I live near Gatlinburg! Its a small world(after all)