Fire Department Friday

Here’s a September 1958 shot of the Disneyland Fire Department, located in Town Square. You can see the same location from the reverse angle in this previously posted shot, also from the 1950s:



A contemporary shot of the Fire Department:



In other Park news, the Main Street U.S.A. group Hook and Ladder has been fired (very bad pun for a not so funny situation). The group's last performance is this month. They have been a wonderful musical addition to Town Square for years that were a tribute to the Firehouse Five Plus Two, the early Walt Disney Studios band made up of some of the Nine Old Men.



The Silver Dollar Six in Frontierland has also been let go; you might have seen them on the balcony of the Golden Horseshoe Saloon in Frontierland.



See more Disneyland Fire Department photos at my main website.

Town Square, 1956

Three vintage 1956 images showing Town Square and Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland. First up is the Fire Department and Bekins Storage.

Curtains are closed; wonder if Walt's in there?



A closeup of the horse-head above Bekins:



Here's the surrey with the fringe on top that you've heard so much about:



Check out those balloons!



The C.K. Holliday is ready for another spin around the Park:



Last one from this batch shows the Horseless Carriage on Main Street:



Rudolph Valentino is playing at the Main Street Cinema:



See more Disneyland Town Square photos at my main website.

1950s Town Square Blowout

Let's spend a day in Town Square, circa 1950s! This first image was marked 1957. Whether that's correct or not, you can tell by the sparse landscaping on the hill behind the Fire Department that it's definitely early Disneyland! In this detailed view, you can see the Disneyland News available in front of City Hall.



A closeup of the Fire Department and Bekins Storage, which is now part of the Main Street Emporium.



The rest of today's images are from the Harry Pollak collection, circa 1957. This is the same gent who brought you images of New Orleans, which was most likely from the same trip out West that he journeyed on from Wilmington, Delaware.



Were the three gals in front of the Fire Department waiting for Walt?



Harry shows us the newfangled Horseless Carriage in this image:



...as well as the never-to-be-finished International Street:



Two more gorgeous shots of early Town Square from Harry:



He was a photographer after my own heart!



See more photos at my main website.

Spanish Christmas at Disneyland

These four dark images from December 1957 show a group of folks representing Spain in the annual Disneyland Christmas parade.

Here they are marching through Town Square.



Great to see Bekins Storage, before the architecture of the building was changed.



A contemporary view for comparison:



One last shot of our Spanish peeps smiling for the cameras:



More vintage Disneyland Christmas photos at my main website.