Main Street Stuff, August 1962

Here are two familiar views from 1962; I'm sure you can understand my dilemma: "What do I say about these photos that might enhance their effect?". In this first example, I'm a bit stumped on that score. We've got the solid and stately (but not too stately) Main Street Station, and the original yellow passenger cars; watching some of those early black and white "Disneyland" (the TV show) episodes, it's pretty neat to see the cars being built on soundstages at the studio. I've always wondered how much say Santa Fe had in naming each car; the one in the center is "Colorado Rockies". Other names were "Navajo Chief", "Painted Desert", "Land of the Pueblos", and other names that evoke the romance of travel.This next one would be pretty nice, except that it suffers from shadows that went way too dark. But we can still appreciate the beauty of the buildings along Main Street as the shadows crept across the street. Notice the movie on the marquee of the Main Street Cinema: Cupid Vs…