Restored picture of Enterprise first arrival.
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Here's another fairly high resolution photo that most of us have probably seen before (but does not seem to show up that much in image searches); it was sourced from William McCullars' old site. Kinda puts to rest the "blue dorsal" debate, by the way. I think there was quite a lot of stuff on that site that has now become somewhat "super secret" since its disappearance.
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To the question, "What would someone walking down the street think?", I have to wonder. Does/did anyone in Southern California walk anywhere? 
Seriously, at most there might have been a few cars pass by. And since it's "Hollywood" I don't think anyone would give it a second thought.
Seriously, at most there might have been a few cars pass by. And since it's "Hollywood" I don't think anyone would give it a second thought.
Is the site available through the Wayback Machine at archive.org?Here's another fairly high resolution photo that most of us have probably seen before (but does not seem to show up that much in image searches); it was sourced from William McCullars' old site. Kinda puts to rest the "blue dorsal" debate, by the way. I think there was quite a lot of stuff on that site that has now become somewhat "super secret" since its disappearance.
Kor
Since it never happened, it's obviously not an issue. The ship was more vulnerable to internal "sabataaage."
Yes, but I don't think everything is available...lot's of broken photo links...
http://web.archive.org/web/20040101000000*/http://members.aol.com/IDICPage/main.html
SWEET!!! I have never seen this one before.Here's another fairly high resolution photo that most of us have probably seen before (but does not seem to show up that much in image searches); it was sourced from William McCullars' old site. Kinda puts to rest the "blue dorsal" debate, by the way. I think there was quite a lot of stuff on that site that has now become somewhat "super secret" since its disappearance.
I guess what I am getting at is there is a lot of stuff on the interweb that even people without special access can find...with a bit of digging.
By the way, no one ever mentions T'Pau's 1964 Ford Galaxy in the background with vanity plates?!
By the way, no one ever mentions T'Pau's 1964 Ford Galaxy in the background with vanity plates?!
^I did, in another thread back in December 2015.
Kinda look slike the NSEA Protector.
Probably what people walking down the street thought was "what's that crazy Volmer up to NOW?!".
Probably what people walking down the street thought was "what's that crazy Volmer up to NOW?!".
Here's another fairly high resolution photo that most of us have probably seen before (but does not seem to show up that much in image searches); it was sourced from William McCullars' old site. Kinda puts to rest the "blue dorsal" debate, by the way. I think there was quite a lot of stuff on that site that has now become somewhat "super secret" since its disappearance.
Other than being aesthetically strange, a blue dorsal was a bizarre choice for a ship that would eventually be shot in front of a blue screen.
Spockboy
Ah, but based on the sources I have seen, the date those street photos were taken (December 29th, 1964) WAS in fact a Tuesday.
Never underestimate the lengths that some Trek fans will go to in their research!
Here's another fairly high resolution photo that most of us have probably seen before (but does not seem to show up that much in image searches); it was sourced from William McCullars' old site. Kinda puts to rest the "blue dorsal" debate, by the way. I think there was quite a lot of stuff on that site that has now become somewhat "super secret" since its disappearance.
Actually when you zoom in, this picture and the others are pretty low rez but I took a shot at it anyway.
I think I'm done now other than getting some full rez copies from the Smithsonian
Spockboy
This was very forward thinking design given the era.Actually when you zoom in, this picture and the others are pretty low rez but I took a shot at it anyway.
I think I'm done now other than getting some full rez copies from the Smithsonian
Not necessarily.
Thank you for posting the Science Fiction Plus cover, Spockboy! A small, LQ b&w version of it appears on p.28 of Inside Star Trek, but they cut the date off along the top. This new image makes a gorgeous supplement to the favorite pages I'd scanned from a borrowed copy of the book.
That 1953 artwork is basically the Enterprise without a saucer section.
Thanks for the feedback Zap.
I appreciate it
I had some free time this afternoon so I restored the cover for you.
Take care,
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