Main Street at Night, December 1976
I don't know about you, but on September 7th, I'm already decorating for Christmas. It's only 3.6 months away! (I have to confess that I never took off my ugly Christmas sweater). So this seemed like a good time to share some Christmas Snoozles™. Both are rare night shots from 1976; while I admire the sheer audacity of somebody trying to capture the sparkle and glow of Main Street at night, the results were only partially successful. It's clear that the photographer set his (I'm pretty sure it was a guy) camera on a handy trashcan, set the timer and shutter speed, and hoped for the best. We're looking from the Plaza southward, there's the Christmas tree, and Main Street Station, if only he'd place the camera farther forward on the trashcan so that there wasn't so much reflecty metal.
This next one is only marginally better, there's still the reflections taking up 1/3 of the image. But we're a bit closer to Main Street proper, and we can glean a few more details, such as the INA Carefree Corner to the left, and the Coca Cola Refreshment Corner to our right.
5 comments:
Major-
Audacity, indeed... but I do like the blurry, yet Xmas'y effects that can be discerned.
And you're already planning for Christmas-??!! Wow, aren't you Johnny on the spot. I'm just now dusting-off my Halloween decorations.
Thanks, Major.
These may be blurry, but they are still wonderful…..an uncrowded holiday evening in Disneyland!
TokyoMagic’s PTSD is going to surface when he sees that second image, I’m afraid.
Speaking of images…there’s an alien in that second shot—walking on the sidewalk on the left. See him?
Thanks, Major.
This first pic has a definite dreamy look and feel to it. The soft focus (aka, blur) and the silhouettes elicit sort of an out of body experience. I can hear "When You Wish Upon A Star" playing through far-off speakers, with lots of reverb. I'll pretend the shiny trashcan is actually a slow-moving river flowing through the Park. How's that for taking lemons and making lemonade!
The 2nd photo must've been a fairly short exposure; there are no see-through 'ghost' people. Looks like everyone is headed for the exit. The shiny 'river' from the first pic has turned into a pond here. We're not too far from the Castle, so I'll pretend the pond is part of the Moat. Keep an eye out for AEDs and Killer Swans!
Nanook,"I'm just now dusting-off my Halloween decorations." I already bought a couple bags of Halloween candy... it's mostly gone already.
Sue, is the alien the one with the green face?
Yes, they're a bit Snoozley, but not much. More 'quietly moody'. Thanks, Major.
No, JB, it’s the ‘person’ walking on the sidewalk [next to another person], under the INA Carefree Corner sign, with the lit-up face on the back of his head. That not normal. :op
Sue, ha, ha! Fortunately, I never had PTSD about seeing that "fork" in the streetcar tracks. When I'm in the park, I can never walk across it without thinking back to that dress rehearsal, but the memory doesn't stress me out. It is a humorous story, and I even told it to a conference room full of people, during a "group interview" for a job. They asked us to recall the most humorous thing that had ever happened on a job.
So if this is December of 1976, that must be the very same Christmas tree and decorations that we see in the background of Sandy Duncan's TV special, "Christmas in Disneyland." That's the one where Main Street was frozen over with ice, so that Mickey and Minnie could skate on it.
Thanks, Major! And a very merry Christmas, to ya!
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