From: jonathan@hmcvax.claremont.edu
Subject: Window names update
Organization: Harvey Mudd College
Date: 26 Sep 92 11:50:38 PDT

Here's yet another update to the Names on Main Street list.

I trust (from the "thank yous" I've been sent) that we do not consider these
postings to be a waste of bandwidth?

Thanks again to all who've sent me info, updates, and corrections!!

There are only a couple  more that we need !

jonathan@hmcvax.claremont.edu

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William  Wheeler
John Wise
"Structural Engineers"

 William  Wheeler - Partner of Wheeler and Gray, a structural engineering firm
 which helped build Disneyland.

 John Wies - structural engineer for WED,worked on the design/construction of
 Main Street.  Also served as chief engineer at Disneyland and, after various
 engineering positions at WED and BVCC (Buena Vista Construction Co.), in 1974,
 became the first president of the Community Transportation Services division of
 WDP.

J.S. Hammel
"Consulting Engineer"

 Sam Hammel, was an expert in electrical, civil, and air conditioning
 engineering hired by Walt to help with the Disneyland Project.
 
Richard Irvine

 One time head of WED (Walt's private "Imagineering" Co.). Directed "Victory
 Through Air Power" and helped design the "Zorro" TV series before being
 assigned to the Disneyland project. Irvine was chief of designing and planning
 for the Disney shows at the NY World's Fair and WDW.

Marvin Davis 

 Architect and designer turned imagineer  (Married to Walt's wife's niece,
 Marjorie). worked with Walt on the design of Tom Sawyer's Island.  Marvin was
 one of the only three people who knew about (and had a key the the planning
 room for) Walt' s secret project "EPCOT" in it's infancy (the other two were
 Joe Potter, a retired Air Force general who had worked with Walt at the 1964
 World's Fair in New York.)

Gabriel Scognamillo 

 Art director who worked on Tomorrowland.

Wade B. Rubottom

 Art director who worked on parts of Main Street.

George Patrick

 Motion picture art designer who was responsible for the designing of
 Frontierland.

Wilson Martin 

 A movie set designer who joined WED in 1954, serving as art director and
 project designer on numerous Disneyland attractions including Sleeping Beauty
 Castle, Peter Pan, Nature's Wonderland, Autopia, Monorail, Submarine Voyage,
 Flying Saucers, New Orleans Square, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion
 and Bear Country.  He did the master planning and layout of Tokyo DL and was
 the architectural designer on Italy and Mexico in EPCOT's World Showcase.

"Evans Gardens
Exotic and rare species
Freeway Collections
Est. 1910"
Morgan Bill Evans

 Hired by Walt as the landscaper of Disneyland. Noted for his design of the
 "Jungle" in the Jungle Cruise attraction. He earned some notoriety by scouring
 Los Angeles looking through new subdivisions and freeway routes looking for
 trees that were to be removed, since Walt was worried about the lack of (larger
 size) trees that would be present at Disneyland's opening date.

"The Busy Hands
Sculpting, Whittling, Soap Carving"
Blain Gibson

 Imagineer, was responsible for nearly every sculpturing task required at
 Disneyland.  Examples include animatronics, and figures.

Milt Albright
"Entrepreneur"
No job too big, no job too small"

 Disney Promotional Executive Came up with the idea of "Holidayland" the only 	
 place at Disneyland that would serve beer.  The idea didn't make it.
 Responsible for the developement of the "Magic Kingdom Club".
 
"The Musical Quill"
X. Atencio

 Xavier Atencio - animator and imagineer, credited with the lyrics for:
  "Yo, Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" from "Pirates of the Caribbean"
  "Bear Band Serenade" from "The County Bear Jamboree"
  "Grim Grinning Ghosts" from "The Haunted Mansion"

Van Arsdale France
"Founder and Professor Emeritus
Disney University"

 Just what the window says. Author of "Window on Main Street".
 
"The Far East Import Exotic Art"
Marc Davis, proprietor 

 Disney Animator, one of the "9 old men". One of the finest draftsmen ever to
 work at Disney. Walt cited as his favorite piece of animation the scene from
 Cinderella in which the Fairy Godmother showers Cinderella's ball gown, coach,
 and horses with a flurry of what came to be known as "Disney Dust". He created
 Princess Aurora and the evil Maleficent (both from Snow White) and Cruella
 (from 101 Dalmatians). He helped design Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean,
 The Haunted Mansion, and America Sings.

Gunther Lessing, Esq.

 Head of Disney Legal Dept. for many years. Was noted for being Poncho Villa's
 lawyer at one time.

Youngman & Leopold

 Gordon Youngman was a member of the board of directors of WDP for many years
 and was a partner in the firm of Youngman, Hungate & Leopold.  Instrumental
 during early negotiations for Disneyland.
	
"Ship models by"
Bushman & DaGradi 

 Ken Bushman  - helped design various Disneyland attractions including the cars
 in Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

 Don  Dagradi - Walt considered Don Dagradi one of his best story men. Wrote the
 screenplay for May Poppins. Started as an animator.

Ken Anderson "Bait Co."

 Ken Anderson was an Art Director for Snow White, Haunted Mansion, and Storybook
 Land. Reported the first official WED employee, with Walt paying Ken's salary
 out of his pocket. Served as Art Director for Fantasyland (and again when it
 was redesigned in the early '80s).

"Surveying and Engineering"
L.H. Roth

 Assistant to Joe Fowler, who was in charge of construction at Disneyland.

"Carpenters and Joiners"
George Mills
Ray Conway
Chas. Alexander

 George Mills was in charge of the mill!

 Ray Conway was in construction at Disneyland.

 Charles Alexander was a field supervisor of the Disneyland Construction Dept.

Emile Kuri
"Interior Decorator"

 Art and set director. Walt's personal interior decorator.
	
"The Royal Care Co."
Chuck Boyajian

 When Disneyland first opened, Walt leased the services of the American Building
 Maintenance Co. to clean the park. When the Janitorial Dept. was started (later
 Custodial), Chuck was hired away from ABM Co. and became superintendant.

Seb Morey
"Taxidermist"

 The original taxidermist for Disneyland, he did much of the work on the Jungle
 Cruise.

Robert Whiskey
"Stone Mason"

 The correct name is Washo.  "Bud" Washo headed the staff shop which performed
 concrete, plaster and plastic work.  Later was manager of Architectural
 Ornamentation for EPCOT's World Showcase.

George Whitney 
"Guns"

 George Whitney's  father owned an amusement park in San Francisco "Whitney's At
 the Beach" . Walt hired him as a consultant for Disneyland.The only one of the
 Disneyland management staff with amusement park experience , he was hired as a
 consultant in charge of ride operations.  He designed the shooting galleries
 and, at one point, was manager of Fantasyland.

"Painting and Paper hanging by"
Larry Smith

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"Buena Vista Construction Co."
Jack Rorex
Ivan Martin
Chas. Shockey

 Jack Rorex was head of Construction at the Studio.

 Ivan Martin was a prop maker at the Studio (he worked for Rorex).

 Cash Shockey was in charge of the Studio's Paint Dept.

"Detective Agency
We never sleep"
W. Dennis Cottrell 
"Private Investigator"

 Sequence director for Snow White. Went to South America with Walt in 1941.
 Was vice president of the infant WED and later President of Retlaw Ent., the
 Walt Disney family's business.  An ardent collector of items and info on
 Sherlock Holmes.

"Photographic Studio"
C. Randy Bright, proprietor 

 Vice President of Concept Development, started with the Co. in 1950. Author of
 "Disneyland:Inside Story".  Credited with working nearly every attraction  in
 Disneyland.

"The Disneyland News" 
Edward T. Meck
"Editor in chief"

 One time Publicity Director for Disneyland.
	
"The Plaza School of Art
Instructors"
John Hench
Peter Ellenshaw

 John Hench - Art Director, Imagineer. Still active in an advisory capacity with
 WDI (most recently on Euro Disney).  Began as a sketch artist on Fantasia. 
 Expert in color and its theory.  Moved to WED in 1955 to work on Tomorrowland. 
 He helped plan, design and develop new attractions at Disneyland, worked on the
 master planning, design and development of WDW and EPCOT Center.  H played a
 key role in developing pavilions for Ford and GE at the New York World's Fair.

 Peter Ellenshaw -- Art director and matte painter for many, many films (His
 son, Harrison Ellenshaw, is an equally gifted matte painter and effects
 designer).

Alexander R. Irvine, MD

 Opthamologist, father of Dick Irvine.

The Golden Vaudeville Routines
Wally Boag, proprietor 

 Played Pecos Bill and other characters at the Golden Horseshoe Revue for over
 twenty years. He retired in 1982, 27 years after a 2-week handshake contract
 when DL opened.

Untied Audit Bookkeeping
Accounts Audit
Royal Clark, Manager

 "Mickey" Clark was Walt's personal accountant.  Was VP and Treasurer of WED
 when it was formed, later same for Retlaw Ent.

"The Old Settlers Gold Dredging"
Ed Winger, proprietor

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"Decorative Fountains and Waterworks"

Fred Joerger

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Christopher D. Miller
"Turkish Baths
Main Street Gym
Massage Parlor"

 Walt's Grandson.

D.S. Gillmore, MD

 Personal friend of Walt's, Chairman of the Upjohn Company, an original
 Disneyland  participant.

E.G. Upjohn, MD

 A later Chairman of the Upjohn Co.

Wathel Rogers
"Men's wear"

 Wathel was an imagineer who was responsible for programming many of the
 audio-animatronics at both Disneyland and Disney World.

Elais Disney
"Contractor
Est. 1895"

 Walt's father.

"Coats and Co."
Calude Coats, Proprietor

Disney artist.

"The Artisans Loft"
Harriet Burns

 Walt's private secretary.

Milady Fashions 
Renie, Dressmaking, Hemstitching & Picating

 Renie Conley was an original Disneyland costume designer.

Real Estate
Houses Bought and Sold
H. Draegart Barnard 

 Walt's ear, nose and throat doctor.

John Louis Catone
Locksmith 

 This is is fairly recent addition. Long-time head of Disneyland Security?

Other names that appear in other parts of the park:

On the facade of Rainbow Ridge, the mythical frontier town that used to grace
the load/unload area for the Rainbow Caverns Mine Train and now can be seen as
part of the set dressing at Bis Thunder (over near the Mexican restaurant)

William P. Bounds
U.S. Marshall

 Bounds is Walt's wife's maiden name and Bill was her father.  At one time, he
 was marshall for an area that included the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in
 Idaho.

In Adventureland, over the Adventureland Bazaar

Oriental Tatooing by
Prof. Harper Goff 

 A motion picture art director, Goff was among the first to be recruited by Walt
 for the Disneyland project.  He designed much of Adventureland and the Jungle
 Cruise.  He also designed the Nautilus submarine for the film "20,000 Leagues
 Under the Sea." He played a key role in the design concept for EPCOT's World
 Showcase.

In Frontierland, above Bonanza Outfitters

Texas Glenn's
Honey Bee Farm 
"Our bees are real hummers" 
Glenn Hicks, Prop. 

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The many references to "ABC," such as ABC Auditing, ABC Typing, ABC
Shorthand and the *A*CME *B*usiness *C*ollege are salutes to the network
that was on of the original investors in Disneyland.