Ghost Town Gals

Some nostalgia from the ghost town at Knott's Berry Farm.  Screen shots from this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFG8uqO93BQ

Knott's Calico Saloon

Knott's Calico Saloon

From:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Photo-KNOTTS-CALICO-SALOON-Can-Can-Showgirl-1950s-60s-HENDRICKSON-11x14-/391466021001?hash=item5b25317089:g:QjAAAOSwBw5XRcQ8

Calico Saloon - Knott's Berry Farm - 1990

Knott's Berry Farm

Calico Saloon in 1990: The cast of Dakota Dan's Travelin' Can-can Show

From the Knott's Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/KnottsBerryFarm?rf=424269194278703

https://www.facebook.com/KnottsBerryFarm/photos/pb.10286130875.-2207520000.1423000375./10152466731220876/?type=1&theater

Calico Saloon - Knott's Berry Farm

A photo of JoAn Burdick Gottlieb, a performer at Knott's Berry Farm of the late 1950s.  This photo is from the Knott's Preserved Facebook Community:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Knotts-Preserved/175903632427821

This is similar to a color version of her from the same photo session that is more familiar.  The color version can be seen at the Knotts Berry Farm: Calico Saloon Castmembers & Alumni Facebook Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/44374737687/.

Direct links to the relevant photo pages, where you can see several more cancan performance photos from this era and many more historic photos of Knott's:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.323467517671431.86871.175903632427821&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/groups/44374737687/#!/groups/44374737687/photos/

Knott's Berry Farm

Another early Knott's Berry Farm photo - Calico Saloon Dancers

I do not have the source for this photo any longer.