If your Spidey Senses were tingling this morning, it might mean that:
A) You were bitten by a radioactive spider, and/or
B) You knew that it is Steve DeGaetano's birthday.
As always, Sue B. has something for the occasion, and undated photo of a vintage birthday party. 3 elves with pointy blue hats sit in a basement (?) at a card table with a magnificent tablecloth, and the finest, most comfortable metal folding chairs. Putting kids in the basement is wise, they can blow on those noisemakers all they want, and folks in the rest of the house won't be disturbed. I like the birthday boy's bow tie! A clip-on, presumably. The boy to the right is hoping that a clown was not engaged for this party. Happy Birthday, Steve!
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Today's photos remind me of "Pepperidge's Third Law", which posits that: "Early photos of Disneyland are just generally more interesting than most because of their earliosity". I'm trying to get this carved into the walls of the Lincoln Memorial, but so far it's all been roadblocks and red tape.
What do you do when standing on the steps up to Main Street Station? Well, you can continue up and ride the train, or you can do an interpretive dance about how you are feeling at that precise moment. "Look Mabel, that man is experiencing a combination of happiness and muscle spasms!". "Land sakes!".
Town Square and Main Street look pretty busy, it must have been summer vacation (the patriotic bunting might be a clue). It looks "June Gloom-ish", but we've had some June Gloom in September, so you never know.
The gray skies kept things cool and pleasant, but pictures like these contain 11% less joy than a bright sunny pic. Still, there's enough happiness to keep me content! I love this photo looking across part of the moat (aka the "dark water system"), with guests coming and going across the bridge to Frontierland. I don't know how long those tree stumps were there by the entrance, I'll bet the trees were cut down by teenagers. You know how they are!
Happy Birthday, Steve-! I certainly hope before all the celebrating ceased you were able to learn about all the countries of the world, thanks to that lovely paper wall map.
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Judging from the disheveled look of many of the patriotic banners, it appears the winds were a-blowing that day on Main Street U.S.A.
Thanks, Major..
My Spidey Senses were tingling this morning! But I think it was just the wildfire smoke in the air. Most of it has cleared away now, but if the wind changes...
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Steve DeG! Looks like Sue has invited some young Smurfs to your party.
I'm not sure what the theme is on the curtains; old world folk art maybe? I wonder what that sheet of paper has on it, above the world map? Those red boxes on the table look like they say "Candy Cigarettes", or candy something. There are matches on the table but I don't think the candles have been lit yet.
Thanks, Sue, for another fun, vintage photo!
In Major's first photo, it must be 1957 or earlier because of the plain green trashcan (I learned that from JG). It's not too June Gloomish, the sky is mostly blue. Nice photo! Looks like a Grandma Moses primitive painting of small-town America.
Maybe the tree stumps were meant to tell part of the story of how most of the trees were cut down to supply logs for the fort? Or, like you said, it was teenagers. That lady's fiery red-orange (coral?) dress sure stands out! And she's smack dab in the center of the picture; maybe she's part of the photographer's group?
Thank you, Sue and Major.
Happy birthday to Steve! The two kids on either side of the birthday boy look a little forlorn. Maybe they were jealous and wishing that it was their birthday and that they were each going to be able to eat a whole birthday cake, without any utensils.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what that symbol or logo is on the sign over the doorway into the Wurlitzer building?
Lillian Disney brought down those trees outside of the Frontierland stockade, using just her two front teeth. Several years later, she removed those stumps, using only her bare hands. It's time for Disney to now make an A.A. of Lillian and place it next to her petrified tree stump in Frontierland, to honor her and her love of tree stumps. Her A.A. figure can stand there and talk about how jealous she was of her sister, because she was employed as a lumberjack in the Pacific Northwest. It's been "Pick on Lillian Week" for me, for some reason.
Thanks, Major and Sue. And again, happy birthday to Steve!
I think I figured out that symbol over the Wurlitzer doorway. I believe it is a variation of this logo, which I should have recognized, because it's above the keyboard on the piano in my mom's house....the same one that I played as a child.
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Happy birthday, Steve! Hope you have a great day!
ReplyDeleteEarliosity is a lot like fortuosity, but without the fort. This may be part of why you are having difficulty defending your idea, Major.
I like photos of the stumps out in front of the Frontierland stockade. Nothing says “progress” quite like a clear cut forest.
TM!, good job on the link today. You seem to have fully recovered from your anesth-, ansth-, er, um, your knockedoutedness.
Thanks, Major!