Main Street, July 1964
If you could transport somebody from the 1870s to Main Street USA, they would be aghast at this busy big city! "What an eyesore, forsooth!" (I assume that's how people spoke back then). But to our 2024 eyeballs, Main Street looks pretty wonderful. Look at all those beautifull buildings, containing shops of all kinds. Do you need a Yale key made? Or maybe some home-made candy? Or candy with a Yale key in it (for your uncle who is in jail)? You're in luck! No need to walk, either, there are plenty of forms of public transportation; Surreys, Horseless Carriages, Omnibuses, and Horse-drawn Streetcars. The Firetruck will even give you a ride if you ask nicely.
Those guys to the left wear matching outfits, I wonder if they worked at the Wenmac Flight Circle? Thank you for your service, fellas! A boy near them is entranced at the sight of the Streetcar, or maybe at the sight of the horse. Let's stop at the Hallmark Store on the corner for some humorous greeting cards, and then get an orange juice bar at the Sunkist Citrus House.
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I don't need a key or any candy, but I could use about a dozen leaches for some bloodletting that I need to perform. (The Upjohn Co. Pharmacy is visible on the far left side of that first pic.) There is also a hidden Skyway bucket in that first pic.
Five trash cans in each, and a sailor in the last one. Lots of other fun stuff, too….including some stylish folks, including Mr. Black-socks.
I’m heading to the candy shop now, and will check back later.
Thanks, Major.
Major-
1964 certainly seems like a great time to be on Main Street, U.S.A.
"Let's stop at the Hallmark Store on the corner for some humorous greeting cards..." Funny you should mention this, as I still have one of those "Contemporary Cards" from Hallmark. 3-⅞" wide x 7-⅞ tall, costing all of 25₵-! No doubt dating back to the 1960's. [Hold your ears, Major] it was given to me by Estelle Oppenheimer some time in the early 1990's, for no special occasion - the outside of the card reading: I'm kind of FUNNY about my friends...; and on the inside: ...but then I have kind of FUNNY friends!
That describes me fairly well.
Thanks, Major.
I just realized that the horse coming towards us in the first pic is different than the one in the second pic. The photographer must have stayed in that same spot long enough for the other Horse-Drawn Streetcar (seen in the distance) to make it to the Plaza, unload, reload, and then return down Main St. to this spot.
We can call this first pic the "PUSH" photo. Like Sue, I count 5 unobscured trashcans here.
The "entranced boy" is drinking, what looks to be, orange juice from a cup, with a straw. The person next to him seems to be drinking the same thing. Far to the left, the tall guy with the light-colored shirt looks like he's wearing a red sock on his nose. Pretty sure it's just a hat on a lady behind him. I think there are 6 trashcans visible here; maybe seven, there's a smidge of green and yellow peeking over the shoulder of the taller of the two dressed-alike guys. Likewise, directly across the street from the questionable trashcan is another questionable trashcan.
Tokyo!, I noticed the two different horses as well. Maybe this is the color-changing "horse of a different color", on vacation from the Land of Oz.
Both of these photos are nice, clear, blue sky examples of a bright and busy Main Street. Thanks, Major.
Maybe this is the color-changing "horse of a different color", on vacation from the Land of Oz.
JB, possibly.....but neither one of these horses appears to be licking the Jell-O gelatin powder from it's coat.
^ Musta used unflavored gelatin.
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