Delicious Leftuggies
Happy Friday! I have two Leftuggies™ for you today. This first one is date-stamped "May, 1967", and seems to be taking place during a parade featuring members of the Horseless Carriage Club. I thought that the HCC stopped participating in Disneyland events long before 1967, but here we are. It would be fun to have old flivvers putt-putting up Main Street again, but I suppose the logistics (or crowds) might make it impossible. The boy to the right is holding a pinwheel with Mickey's likeness, I wonder if it was a Disneyland-specific piece of merchandise? If so, I've never seen one on eBay.
Next is a photo of the Motorized Firetruck, also from 1967 (only this time it's October). I was happy to see this vehicle out and about during my last visit, Cruella de Vil was on board, enjoying the adulation. It's nice to see the Plaza Gardens looking so busy, it was of course the place where many great big bands performed for years, especially on warm Summer nights.
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The weather must have been kind of chilly on that May day in '67. Everyone is dressed like it's still winter. And speaking of dressed, what are those girls (one pink, one blue) in the back wearing on their heads? I guess it's supposed to be some sort of 'motoring hat'? It looks like someone just tossed a piece of fabric on their heads. Interesting 'worm's eye view' camera angle this picture has.
I hope those old vehicles can make it up that steep incline! Disney must have leveled out that section of roadway in later years. The Firetruck looks fully loaded, and then some!
I suppose these Leftuggies are delicious, but they have an aftertaste of motor oil! Thanks, Major.
"Disneyland USA" had the vintage car clubbers as well as a pancake-flipping event. The holidays brought local choirs to Main Street and the Living Christmas Tree. The opening day and Disneyland '59 parades were full of non-Disney dance and equestrian groups. The Indian dancers in Frontierland and the gas-powered plane pilots in Tomorrowland -- employees or not?
Was there a moment when amateurs vanished from the parks' entertainments, excepting school bands in a parade and perhaps the Indians?
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