Along Main Street, July 1959
Clip-clop, clip-clop. That's the sound that my wooden shoes make as I walk along Main Street USA. In 1959, most people wore shoes of wood, so don't give me that look.
I have a pair of nice Main Street views for you, it's quite a thing to walk down a street like Grandma and Grandpa might have seen in their childhoods. My Grandpa grew up in Los Angeles, but hey, in the early 1900s, perhaps his neighborhood didn't look so different from this. "The Girl and Her Trust" is playing at the Main Street Cinema ("Do Not Miss It!"), that's a 1912 film directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Dorothy Blanchard and Wilfred Lucas. THE Wilfred Lucas?? If you look to the left of the Cinema, you can see one of those wonderful lamppost signs that were created as part of the hype for the incredible 1959 additions to the park.
Here's a better look:
Next comes this great look down toward Main Street Station, with a Streetcar and the Chemical Wagon heading in our direction. The Penny Arcade is to our right. More Disneyland '58 signs (printed on masonite) hang on wires overhead, while a big red banner spans the street near Town Square.
2 comments:
The wooden Indian is looking especially regal here. He makes the casually dressed guests look like hobos that just jumped off a freight train by comparison.
I like how the Motor Boat is zooming along at 40 mph, leaving a frothy wake in its... well, wake. I wonder how many guests thought this was gonna be a thrill ride?
The third pic is almost postcard worthy; but too much empty foreground... and there are a few 'horse biscuits' next to the curb on the right. Speaking of curbs, what's all that shoved against the curb on the left? Little tree leaves? Peanut shells? And there's another unbuttoned vest, but I won't mention it.
It has become a sensitive subject, like religion and politics. ;-p
I'm trying to come up with a snarky joke about your wooden shoes, Major. But I'm drawing a blank. So I'll just say thank you for today's pics.
Wilfred Lucas appeared in a couple of Laurel and Hardy features. He was the warden in "Pardon Us" and the dean in "A Chump at Oxford".
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