Main Street Views, July 1958
Here's a pair of nice Main Street views from the summer of 1958. We'll start with this shot in Town Square, with the train station (covered in Fourth of July bunting). The lamp posts on either side of the steps appear to have signs advertising the new Alice in Wonderland dark ride and the Columbia sailing ship. A Horseless Carriage is completely full, those two ladies walking toward it are just going to have to wait for the next vehicle. A teen tries to imagine what mayhem he could create if only he could fire that cannon, while a father and son enjoy popcorn and talk about what they will do next.
Further up the street, a Surrey rides past; sometimes you'll see it pulled by white horses, or black horses, but these are brown. I know my colors! JEALOUS? There's a sign to the right of the entrance to the INA Carefree Corner indicating that "First Aid", "Lost Children", and the "Baby Station" could be found nearby.
2 comments:
Wow, the little girl near the center of the photo in the sun bonnet and poofy dress looks cute even from behind! Ducktail haircut alert on the teen in the tan shirt next to the teen firing the cannon. I like the 'butterfly' bunting on the train station.
The full-sized image isn't coming up, but even in the thumbnail, I can see that the Carriage driver has an unbuttoned vest. I don't usually mention unbuttoned vests anymore, but we just had a thorough discussion about same, two days ago. Funny how "Lost Children" and Baby Station" got so well with "First Aid".
Nice bright pictures today. Thanks, Major.
I have never seen any discussion, anywhere, of the Main Street Clock, visible to the far right in the second photo. Maybe it's time to rectify that. I wonder about the historical aspect of the clock. I know that we have one on our "Main Street" in downtown Wake Forest, NC, but it's a fairly new addition. Maybe Mr. Cozart can enlighten us?
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