As discussed on the 1958a page, the three 1958 maps are very similar. This map and the next are in fact the most difficult to differentiate. Both this map and the 1958c maps have done away with the Viewliner in Tomorrowland and replaced it with the Matterhorn Mountain (the first in Disney's mountain range found today in the park) and with the Monorail.
 
Points of interest
  1.  The Monorail, added in this map, does not make a loop toward the Disneyland Hotel, but stays within the park. This was the first daily operational monorail in North America. Walt Disney and his imagineers had visited the monorail in Wuppertal, Germany and contracted with ALWEG, a German company to bring this "futuristic" transportation to Disneyland. Interestingly, for many years the monorail at Disneyland stood alone, since this form of transportation did not catch on. This was good news for Disney since one of the problems in Tomorrowland was that the future tended to catch up with them. Since the monorail has never become commonplace, this almost 50-year-old transportation is still "of the future."
  2.  Most of Disney's rides are tied to other Disney property, such as movies. For example, the rides of Fantasyland tie to Disney's popular animated files such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and so forth. The Matterhorn was tied to the 1959 Disney film Third Man on the Mountain, which has some what dropped off the radar since its release. The Matterhorn itself was a breakthrough in design, being the first roller coaster to use tubular track, now the standard. This allowed the track to bend more easily allowing continuous turning and dropping, simulating a bobsled ride down a mountain.
  3. The Junior Autopia, found on the 1958a map has been replaced and expanded with the Fantasyland Autopia.
Disneyland Map 1958b
Map Designation: 1958b
Copyright date(s): 1958
Series: 1958, Sam McKim
Artist: Sam McKim
Description: Second map to carry 1958 copyright date. See description below for identifying features.
Size: xx x xx
Border Color: Orange
How to identify this map
  1. 1.As with the 1958a map, the copyright appears in the lower left hand corner and reads 1958.
  2. 2.Both this map and the 1958c map show the Matterhorn and the Monorail in Tomorrowland. The Viewliner in Tomorrowland is gone, as well as the Junior Autopia, replaced by the Fantasyland Autopia.
  3. 3.Another difference between the 1958b and the 1958c maps and the 1958a map is the color of the Jungle Cruise water. In both this map and the 1958c map the water is blue.
  4. 4.The most visible difference between the 1958b and the 1958c map is that Cascade Peak is missing from this map. To see where it should be, find the Mark Twain Steamboat and look directly above it. If you do not see Cascade Peak, then you have the 1958b map. If Cascade Peak and the waterfall is there, then you have the 1958c map.
  5. 5.Other minor differences in Tomorrowland are that this map has Circarama and Satellite View of America
Compare this map
  1. This map and the 1958c map are very similar. Click here to see the differences.
What is this map worth?
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Links
  1.  Larger image of this map.
  2.  Comparison of the 1958b and 1958c maps.
References
  1. Books and articles related to attractions found on this map
Last updated on March 4, 2007