Holiday Time, 1950s
Have two 1950s Christmas-ish scans from Disneyland for you today, starting with this first shot looking along West Center Street, and at the Carnation Milk Truck. The garland and wreath overhead is the only real indicator that it was Christmastime. It's strange to see West Center Street before the Flower Market was added... it looks like a dead-end - which of course it was. I'm assuming that this was taken as the park was closing, since there is a notable absence of people.
To the left, in front of that one façade, we see a map of Main Street, illuminated by an overhead lamp (which is why I think this is evening rather than early morning). To the left of that is a sign with Mickey's likeness; it's hard to read, but says something about "XMAS FUN" at the Mickey Mouse Theater in Fantasyland.
This next one shows the Emporium, along with Town Square and Main Street adorned in fairly minimal Christmas decor... some garlands, some red bells, a small tree in the middle of the square (was there a larger tree out of frame??), and if you look closely, some plywood cutouts above the entry to the Emporium, used only in 1956, I believe (please correct me if I am mistaken).
3 comments:
Major-
"... a small tree in the middle of the square (was there a larger tree out of frame??)"
Not if this image is from 1955, as the 'large' Christmas tree was placed at the hub. LOOK HERE.
Thanks, Major.
There is another bit of Christmas decorations; the colored string lights around some of the Carnation Co. windows. Like yesterday's photos, this one looks sorta surreal.
The Bekins truck looks awfully skinny. Maybe they only moved furniture from very narrow houses back then. The sign above the truck says "Parcel Check Room"... or is it "Pastel Chick Room"? Maybe this is where you could get lightly colored hatchlings for Easter. Looks like the Emporium has a lot of interesting window displays, but I can't tell what they are. Those plywood cutouts remind me of Whos down in Whoville. I suppose it's pointless to look for the Matterhorn Star. ;-)
Another warm, nostalgic, Christmas-y edition of GDB. Thanks, Major
The tree in Nanook's link made me recheck the second photo. I believe we can see that big tree in the hub. Cool, man! I never knew that they put a tree in the hub! Thanks for that link, Nanook!
And thank you, Major!
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