Main Street, September 1964
Howsabout some photos of Main Street USA? It don't cost nothin'! Nothing but YOUR IMMORTAL SOUL.
Town Square has many charms, but one of the best is that you can look back toward Main Street Station and will often see one of the wonderful Disneyland RR locomotives. In this case, the Fred Gurley; old number 3, as I calls it. It debuted on March 28, 1958, less than six years before this picture was snapped.
Some of the slides from this batch have taken on a slight purple tone, which I tried to ameliorate, with limited success. Main Street still looks pretty gloomy, not to mention practically deserted - we can only see a few people; I think Santa's arm is visible to the extreme left. What, he can't enjoy a day at the Happiest Place on Urf? Today is a great day for trashcan counters, and I'll sit back and let you enjoy yourselves.
2 comments:
Major-
I'm assuming that out-of-focus vertical blob on the left side of the walkway on the Hub is the Popcorn 2 location wagon, still covered-up from the night before-?
Thanks, Major.
Subdued, but still has the promise of an exciting day at Disneyland. There's George&Martha Washington (joined together in a tragic transporter malfunction) next to the Cannon. One bare leg, one pants-clad leg.
The gloomy pic was taken at the beginning of the Zombie Apocalypse, when everything still looked relatively normal. The few 'people' you see here are, of course, zombies. Some say the zombie problem started in the churro mines under the Castle.
Gloomy, creepy, and kinda sad looking. The clock says it's just before 10:00, so maybe the Park isn't officially open yet? If that isn't Santa's suit on the left, then what is it? I count ten trashcans, but there might be more near the Castle, hard to tell.
Maybe these photos looked gloomy and joyless even before they 'turned'? Thanks, Major.
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