Snoozles™
Here's a pair of Snoozles... not terrible by any means, but canted to the right a bit. Why? Maybe mom was taking the pictures, and her right arm also supported a weighty purse. This first one is dated "October, 1958", from the Plaza as a Horse Drawn Streetcar is about to stop, empty its load of passengers, perhaps take on new guests, and then head back to Town Square. I sure love old views of the park when there were expanses of grass and flowers.
A decade later (November, 1968) we get this shot of the French Market; perhaps those three people nearest to us just got off the Disneyland Railroad and were ready for lunch. The restaurant is now Tiana's Palace.
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OK, we have a contest here: Was the photographer (weighty purse and all) taking a picture of the Horse Drawn Streetcar? Or taking a picture of that tree? PLACE YOUR BETS! (Is that Screaming Kidney Stone Kid's tree?)
Again, it's hard to determine what the photographer was aiming at here. The people in the foreground? The ironwork of the restaurant? Or maybe that bright red railing thing at the bottom of the photo? (What is that, anyway?)
I was wondering what the teardrop-shaped orange thing is toward the right. It looks like a ripe water balloon hanging from the railing, ready to burst. Then I noticed all the other 'water balloons' scattered around... It's a table lamp... You may laugh and guffaw if you wish.
Pretty good pics, for Snoozles. Thanks, Major.
JB : that red bar in the foreground is railing to one of the HOLLIDAY excursion coaches of the Disneyland Railroad . Our photographer is a DLRR passenger .
^ Thanks, Mike!
Wow, part of that planter around the tree in the first pic, is just dirt. Maybe they had just removed some flowers and were getting ready to plant new ones? And JB, that is not Screaming Kidney Kid's tree. That one is closer to the House of the Future, alongside the roadway leading up to the Matterhorn. But they are both olive trees!
I really don't think they should have renamed the French Market, "Tiana's Palace." A better name would have been, "Tiana's AND Jack Sparrow's Magical Palace of Dreams and Wishes."
Thanks for the Sunday Snoozles, Major!
I kind of like seeing the dirt and the naturalness of it all. Not everything has to be "Polly Perfect" all the time. Looks like they are waiting for the ivy to grow in...but being on a parade route: that dirt was clearly "cleared" by people standing in it. Hence: fencing. The Red Wagon Inn looks pristine and fresh. I like the awning coming out, but I like seeing the architecture as well. That is a lot of gingerbread, I'm happy they had some talented mill workers in those days: a good finish carpenter is worth every penny they make. Olive trees live centuries, and this one is about a century old making a semi educated guess. If they didn't rip them out, they would still be happy and healthy in that soil and climate. My little olives tend to struggle a bit, but are enjoying Summer all the same. Yes: you have to haul them in and soon as the temps consistently go below 50 or so....they get mad. The French Market view is most definitely at the exit, and there is a marvelous Banyan tree to the right and out of this frame. Looks like Mrs. Disney is hanging out with her "side gig": hat and blue shirt. Must be early for lunch hour due to all the open tables. I'm not a giant fan of "Tiana-fying" the French Market....it's not Tiana: who is lovely....it is the tacky and oversaturated colors for this part of the Park. Animation belongs in Fantasyland. Just my .02. Just like "Pooh" down the street....in "Bayou Country"....I thought he lived in the 100 Acre Wood? I suppose if Pooh runs for President, he can hang out wherever he wants. Pooh and his friends are very delightful, but I would put them over in Fantasyland as well. I don't think we need the bears back...How about a "Rescuers" Thrill ride: with Evenrude jet powering you in a giant leaf around a bayou? Madame Medusa pops up like the witch, so you would have to call it "Bernard and Bianca's Scary Adventures". I actually would kind of enjoy this ride in a "Ratatouille" kind of way....and at least it has SOMETHING to do with a Bayou. That's all I got, and thanks for the Snooze(tm) Major!
If you look closely at photo 1, you can see the horse’s pencil case where he keeps his drawing tools. He can only sketch on his breaks. He may have been a detailer doing shop drawings for the carpenter with the scroll saw.
Photo 2 may not have not much of a point, but I love it anyway. A nice view of my favorite restaurant in the Park. I haven’t seen the new version but I can’t imagine liking it, from what I see on video. Of all the things that don’t need updating, NOS heads the list.
Thanks Major, a good start to Sunday.
JG
JB, just as it is impossible to know “What would Walt do?”, it is impossible to know the motives of a mom with a weighty purse. I’m pretty sure that Kidney Stone Kid’s tree was over near the Matterhorn! I think in photo #2, the photographer wanted to get a picture of the French Market, maybe there was live music being played? Some folks just don’t have an eye for what makes a good picture!
Mike Cozart, ah good one.
JB, I am leaving response to your comment thanking Mike!
TokyoMagic!, I admit that the bare dirt does look kind of odd in Disneyland. I’m sure you are right about them getting ready to plant new flowers, since they supposedly do that OFTEN. I like your name for Tiana’s Palace, but you left out the word “imagination”.
Bu, I think that in 1958, the park was still closed Mondays and Tuesdays, in which case you’d think that they would have been able to plant new flowers when no guests were around. BUT… depending on the season, the park really was open 7 days a week sometimes. I haven’t been inside the Plaza Inn for so long, I think the last time was well around 20 years ago. I got pasta, it was good! I think for a while it was a place to sign up for Annual Passports. They sure don’t have to peddle those now, they sell out no matter how much they charge. Old olive trees remind me of the way Eyvind Earle painted trees, full of deep, rough textures. I know that one or two (or more?) of the old olive trees from Disneyland wound up at Tony B’s house, twinkle lights intact. Thanks for pointing out “Mrs. Disney”! They should have an AA of her. I forget if I mentioned it before, but I finally experienced “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure”, and it’s pretty nice. Good animatronics. A little more reliance on projections than I’d like, but it doesn’t hurt it a lot. I wish they made the final ascent (before the big drop) scary like it used to be, instead of just sort of nothing. I’m kind of surprised that they never did a “Rescuers” attraction, now that you mention it. Flying on the back of Orville, perhaps. Maybe it was considered too “minor” a film?
JG, as a fan of pencil cases, I approve of the horse using one. I had one when I was a kid that was clear blue plastic, I loved the color (my bike was blue too). I wish I’d eaten at the old French Market, but it was one of those places that I assumed would always be there.
Tokyo!, If you've seen one Screaming Kidney Kid tree, you've seen them all. ;-) I kinda thought it wasn't it. The location didn't seem quite right, even to me.
"Tiana's AND Jack Sparrow's Magical Palace of Dreams and Wishes." From your mouth to Disney's ears. We can only hope. :-p
Bu, it sounds like trying to grow olive trees in the Northeast is like Sisyphus pushing the rock uphill.
JG, where does Disney find those talented horses anyway?
Major, I am leaving a response to your comment leaving a response to my comment thanking Mike.... now I have a headache.
JB, almost all horses can draw things, with the right equpiment. Disney used the carriage pulling job as a talent screen and training academy. The most promising candidates graduated to become animators. The pay for those positions ain't hay.
JG
^ Hahahaha!
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