Two From July 4, 1964
Hey hey, it's the fourth of July! Well, it is in these pictures, at any rate. Not that you can tell, nobody is wearing red, white, and blue overalls or a foam Lady Liberty crown. Gosh, these people are boring!
In this first one, a couple stands among bushels and bunches of flowers. The flowers aren't real, but what is, you know, man? The gentleman is saying "hello" to Carol Burnett's grandmother by tugging on his earlobe. Then he picked his nose, which is how he said "hello" to Ernest Borgnine's grandfather.
Over at the Carnation Plaza Gardens, the Disneyland Band performs for the lunch crowd. The sign to the right tells us that the Band was led by Jim Barngrover, who was the third director after Vesey Walker and James Christensen. The man behind that column is having a time-out after misbehaving.
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The pic is a little over-exposed. The flowers are all pale, like they're covered in volcanic ash. Or perhaps this was taken at the precise moment when the sun went nova, back in '64. (Actually, this would have been taken 8 minutes later... that's how long the light would take to get here.) Major, you weren't around then (?) but lucky for us, some friendly aliens (who bore a striking resemblance to the Friendly Indians along the RoA; they were really shiny) quickly brought us a new sun to replace the old one, that went boom.
After the old guy picked his nose to say hello to Ernest B's grandfather, he scratched his bu...m, which was a signal that he had an itch on his bu...m.
How embarrassing for the man behind the column. Not only is he in plain view of the audience, who can point and laugh at him, but it looks like the other band members took away his instrument as well. I see lots of saxophones honking away. I bet they were playing "Minnie's Yoo Hoo". I love that song; cheerful and quirky.
I'm sure some other stuff happened on July 4th, 1964 besides these pictures being taken, and the sun going nova. But those were the two biggies. Thanks, Major.
I recognize Florence, of Pomona, CA, in that first pic! And I suppose that's also her husband, Ralph, but it's a little difficult to tell for sure. I suppose it could be a brother or brother-in-law.
Thanks for sharing more of Ralph and Florence's pics, Major!
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