“The 21st century begins October 1, 1982.”

In 1982, thats how Walt Disney Productions promoted the impending opening of EPCOT Center. Back then, I had never been to Walt DIsney World. It was far from Pasadena, California, where I lived at the time. But I wanted to visit “The newest Wonder of the World.”

It didnt take me too long. I made it to EPCOT Center in January 1983.

While visiting the park—now called Epcot—in February 2011, I went back to some of the same spots that a friend and I had captured on color slides in 1983.

, Curator of Yesterland, March 29, 2011