So, again, I ask, would this Main Street kind of resemble how Florida looked in that time period?
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Time period of Main Street
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So, again, I ask, would this Main Street kind of resemble how Florida looked in that time period?
lazyboy97o
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Not really. Commercial bieldings in Florida at the time tended to be much less ornate with a big focus on lots of windows. The grand hotels were the opulent structures.
Main Street Station is patterned after the Delaware & Hudson Depot that was in Saratoga Springs, NY from 1871 - 1899.
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SteamboatJoe
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I haven't read the whole thing but I found an interesting looking masters thesis while Googling this topic.
https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/scalera_marisa_n_200208_mla.pdf
Some nice images are included and the citations should serve as some good leads for further reading.
https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/scalera_marisa_n_200208_mla.pdf
Some nice images are included and the citations should serve as some good leads for further reading.
lazyboy97o
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Main Street, USA is definitely pre-World War I and is not distinctly Californian.
Animaniac93-98
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It's obvious once you see a photo:
And it seems like much of WDW's Main Street's look is taken from Saratoga of the time:
https://www.saratoga.com/aboutsaratoga/history/stereoview/
This is just a small detail, but if that's the case, then shouldn't the license plates on the vehicles not be from Florida, circa 1915? Because that's what they are.
Minthorne
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Snowbirds drive up from FL for the summer.
I don't get it.
I think Main Street and Scene 1 of CoP are pretty much analogous. But that's just my take. I often think John could walk down to the confectionery and not miss a beat.
Which is a whole 'nother topic - but how great would it be to interact or have a M&G with CoP characters on Main Street? Hanging with Orville on a rockin' chair by City Hall.
Which is a whole 'nother topic - but how great would it be to interact or have a M&G with CoP characters on Main Street? Hanging with Orville on a rockin' chair by City Hall.
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If the TOWN is Sarasota Springs, New York, the vehicles have Florida license plates because they drove up there to get away from the Florida heat in the summer.
Well, apparently the first license plate was not even issued in Florida until 1918, so it kind of impresses me that the Main Street Vehicles are sporting license plates from a few years earlier than that. Or were the license plates made especially for the vehicles?
lazyboy97o
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Are you asking if the license plates are real antique plates?
I can see a monorail and the olde timey train station not only at the park's entrance, but from the train itself. Therefor, the time period of Main Street is... the future.
It's a future where people escape modern anxiety by building a theme park that re-creates old timey Americana. They can't pinpoint an exact time period to re-enact due to so much historical information that was lost in the Cyber World War III.
It's a future where people escape modern anxiety by building a theme park that re-creates old timey Americana. They can't pinpoint an exact time period to re-enact due to so much historical information that was lost in the Cyber World War III.
Well, partly, but also because everyone says that Florida is not part of this Eastern Seaboard feel of the land.
So I just read a little bit of the Microsoft Word essay on Main Street, which states that the time period is between 1890 and 1910. So in that context, again I ask, are the license plates on the Horseless Carriage real antique plates, since they're not consistent with the time period mentioned above?
The Empress Lilly
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As ever, your insight and real understanding is worth a thousand obscure Disney facts lesser fans dabble in.
Like taking a tour from an actual historian versus the local amateur heritage enthusiast. The latter will drown you in amazingly detailed facts ("used on December 15 1740 by the third earl of "), the former will enlighten with actual insight.
SourcererMark79
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- In the Parks
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Since all (but one) flags are not actually true, what's to say the license plates were also made the same way?
Excuse me?
SourcererMark79
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The only real true flag is the one in the central courtyard, it gets lowered each day. The ones atop the buildings are missing a stripe or stars, so they do not need to be taken down or lighted each night.
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...merican-flags-on-main-street-usa-i-do.574699/