1978 #Epcot Center brochure:
1/10
I love this cover. Note the white building to the left of Spaceship Earth - this was an early concept for the American pavilion which would have sat at the entrance to World Showcase in the 1978 design of Epcot!
To the farther left is The Land.
1/10
I love this cover. Note the white building to the left of Spaceship Earth - this was an early concept for the American pavilion which would have sat at the entrance to World Showcase in the 1978 design of Epcot!
To the farther left is The Land.
1978 #Epcot Center brochure:
You can see the placement of the American Adventure in the model here. Note the Land model is closer to the final version - whereas the painting is the earlier version as proposed by Tony Baxter.
2/10
You can see the placement of the American Adventure in the model here. Note the Land model is closer to the final version - whereas the painting is the earlier version as proposed by Tony Baxter.
2/10
Here is a closer look of Tony Baxter's original concept of The Land as portrayed in the cover art (which is a Herb Ryman painting, I believe)
2.5/10
2.5/10
1978 #Epcot Center brochure -
"Epcot Center - A Showplace of Prototype Concepts"
This is a rarely seen view of the 1978 concept - as Epcot sits in reality with SSE at the North and WS to the South.
3/10
"Epcot Center - A Showplace of Prototype Concepts"
This is a rarely seen view of the 1978 concept - as Epcot sits in reality with SSE at the North and WS to the South.
3/10
This is a color version of the illustration used in the page above.
4.5/10
4.5/10
1978 #epcot Center brochure
Note the reference to what would later be called Communicore being referred to as the "Future World Mall".
Y'all classic Epcot Center haters are gonna have a field day with that. 😉😆
5/10
Note the reference to what would later be called Communicore being referred to as the "Future World Mall".
Y'all classic Epcot Center haters are gonna have a field day with that. 😉😆
5/10
1978 #Epcot Center brochure
A look at the Future World pavilions - including the "Life and Health (later called Wonders of Life), Transportation (aka World of Motion -> Test Track) and the Space Pavilion (Shifted to Horizons -> Mission: Space)
6/10
A look at the Future World pavilions - including the "Life and Health (later called Wonders of Life), Transportation (aka World of Motion -> Test Track) and the Space Pavilion (Shifted to Horizons -> Mission: Space)
6/10
The Space pavilion would have been AMAZING:
6.5/10
6.5/10
More Space Pavilion goodness:
6.75/10
6.75/10
1978 #Epcot Center brochure:
"The American Adventure & World Showcase: A Community of Nations"
Remember the AA would have served as the gateway to the World Showcase in the 1978 Epcot plan.
7/10
"The American Adventure & World Showcase: A Community of Nations"
Remember the AA would have served as the gateway to the World Showcase in the 1978 Epcot plan.
7/10
1978 #Epcot Center brochure - World Showcase:
Japan, The Federal Republic of Germany & The United Kingdom.
Note the naming of Germany and some of the other pavilions...
8/10
Japan, The Federal Republic of Germany & The United Kingdom.
Note the naming of Germany and some of the other pavilions...
8/10
1978 #Epcot Center brochure - World Showcase:
French Republic, United Arab Emirates, Italian Republic, Canada, State of Israel & the Kingdom of Morocco.
9/10
French Republic, United Arab Emirates, Italian Republic, Canada, State of Israel & the Kingdom of Morocco.
9/10
Color version of the Epcot painting above
10.5/10
10.5/10
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