Disneyland Windows on Main Street (A-D)
The second and third story windows on Main Street, USA contain the names of people instrumental in the creation and continued development of Disneyland. This section contains what the names are and some of their contributions to the Magic Kingdom.
The names are listed below in alphabetical order.
Also note, in many cases a list is given of projects worked on by that the person. These lists are not intended to be complete, they're usually just a sampling of the projects worked on.
Special thanks to former Imagineer Alastair Dallas who provided additional insights into several of these people. His comments are in italics.
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Milt Albright
Location: Above the Opera House
Inscription: Milt Albright - Entrepreneur - No Job Too Big - No Job Too Small
Milt Albright was the original manager of Holidayland, the short-lived picnic grounds just
to the west of Disneyland. At HolidayLand, families or corporations could have a picnic or
visit the circus tent where characters or the Mickey Mouse Club would sometimes perform.
Initially, Holidayland was a separate admission, but eventually the price included
admission to Disneyland. During that time there was an entrance on the west side of
Disneyland, the only time there has been a second entrance into Disneyland (other than the
Monorail, of course). Milt also developed and was the first manager of the Magic Kingdom
Club.
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Charles Alexander
Location: Above the Market House
Inscription: Carpenters & Joiners - George Mills - Ray Conway - Chas Alexander
Charles Alexander was the field supervisor of the Disneyland Contruction Department
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C.F. Allen
Location: Above New Century Timepieces
Inscription: C. F. Allen, MD - C. V. Patterson, MD
Many have tried to determine who is honored by this window.
Unfortunately neither Walt Disney Imagineering or the Walt Disney Archives have been
able to answer this puzzle.
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Ken Anderson
Location: Above the Market House
Inscription: Ken Anderson - Bait Co.
Ken Anderson was recruited from the studios to join WED and help create Disneyland. He is
one of the major figures of Disneyland history. His contributions include design and
painting on the original Fantasyland dark rides and design of the miniatures of Storybook
Land. He also did lots of early development of the Haunted Mansion including development
of the original story behind it.
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X. Atencio
Location: Above the Opera House
Inscription: The Musical Quill - Lyrics and Librettos by X. Atencio
X. Atencio joined WED and became an expert show script writer. He wrote the script for
dventure Thru Inner Space, worked on the script for the Haunted Mansion and wrote the
lyrics to "Yo Ho (A Pirates' Life For Me)." He also contributed to the Figment
character from Journey Into Imagination at EPCOT. By the way, the X stands for Xavier.
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Renie Bardeau
Location: Above Main Street Photo Supply
Inscription: Kingdom Photo Services - Renie Bardeau Photographer, Archivist
Renie Bardeauwas the official photographer of Disneyland. He is known for his many photos
of the famous dignitaries and celebtrities who've visited Disneyland as well as his many,
many pictures of Walt in the Park including the famous "Footsteps" photgraph
depicting Walt walking through the castle. Renie has taken more than 1 million photographs
for Disneyland.
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H. Draegart Barnard
Location: Above the Disney Clothiers
Inscription: Real Estate -- Houses Bought and Sold, H. Draegart Barnard
Walt Disney's ear, nose and throat specialist.
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Wally Boag
Location: Above the Carnation Company
Inscription: Golden Vaudeville Routines - Wally Boag - Prop.
Wally Boag was the original Pecos Bill in the original Golden Horseshoe Revue. He also
wrote the show for the never materialized Chinatown project described in the Nickel Tour.
You can still hear him as he did the voice for Jose in the Enchanted Tiki Room.
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Chuck Boyajian
Location: Above the Market House
Inscription: Royal Care Co. - We Keep Your Castle Shining - Chuck Boyajian - Prop.
Chuck Boyajian was the superintendent of Disneyland first Janitorial Department.
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Charles Boyer
Location: Above the Emporium
Inscription: Partners Portrait Gallery - Charles Boyer, Master Illustrator
Charles Boyer was know as Disneyland's master illustrator. He is well known for his Normal
Rockwell style paintings. You can click here to read more
about Boyer and his window dedication ceremony.
C. "Randy" Bright
Location: Above Castle Bros.
Inscription: Photographic Stuido - C. "Randy" Bright - Proprietor
Randy Bright started at Disneyland as a park cast member. He was one of the Spacemen
dressed in a space suit in Tomorrowland's early days, as well as a cast member on the
Columbia and Monorail. Later, he became an imagineer which led to his position as Vice
President of Concept Development at Walt Disney Imagineering. He was instrumental in
developing the concept for a simulator ride, that ride would eventually become Star Tours.
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Harriet Burns
Location: Above Carriage Place Clothing Company
Inscription: The Artisans Loft - Handmande Miniatures By Harriet Burns
Harriet Burns was an early WED Imagineer working in the Model Shop. She
designed and feathered the birds of the Enchanted Tiki Room as well as sculpted models for
Storybook Land.
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Bruce Bushman
Location: Above the Market House
Inscription: Ship Models - Bushman & Dagradi - Mfgs.
Bruce Bushman worked on attractions for Disneyland from the beginning. He herded the
classic, hand carved German horses of the Carousel pieces from the coral under the pier at
Coney Island and took many of the non-horse pieces that were a part of the Disneyland
Carousel and put them to use on the Casey Jr. Circus Train. He also helped with the design
of the Mickey Mouse Club Circus and designed the Phantom Boats. Bruce was a large, husky
man and Walt decided that his proportions would be used as a guide for the seating on the
attractions.
Alastair Dallas: Bushman was the son of "famous" (back then, I guess) actor
Francis X. Bushman.
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John Louis Catone
Location: Above the Mad Hatter
Inscription: John Louis Catone — Locksmith
Catone's window title of "Locksmith" refers to his many years in Disneyland
Communications Services and his long-standing role as the man who literally held all the
keys to the Magic Kingdom..
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Royal Clark
Location: Above the Carnation Co.
Inscription: United Audit - Book Keeping - Accounts Auditor - Royal Clark - Mgr.
Royal "Mickey" Clark is a former treasurer of Retlaw Enterprises and WED.
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Claude Coats
Location: Above the Emporium Annex
Inscription: Coats & Co. - Claude Coats Proprietor
Claude Coats was an early member of WED. Among others, he worked on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride,
the Grand Canyon Diorama, the Haunted Mansion and helped design Adventure Thru Inner
Space. He also painted some of the sets for the original Fantasyland dark rides, created
the Rainbow Caverns and worked on the design of the Pirates in Pirates of the Caribean.
Alastair Dallas: Claude Coats' claim to fame is he was one of the world's first black
light artists, creating fantastic effects with fluorescent paint. Big, quiet man-think
Chuck Connors. A real unsung hero in my opinion.
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Renie Conley
Location: Above the Carnation Cafe
Inscription: Milady Fashions Renie — Dressmaking, hemstitching & picating
Renie Conley was Disneyland's original costume designer.
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Ray Conway
Location: Above the Market House
Inscription: Carpenters & Joiners - George Mills - Ray Conway - Chas Alexander
Ray Conway worked in the Construction Department of Disneyland..
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W.H. Cottrell
Location:
Inscription: W.H. Dennis Cottrell, Detective Agency, Private Investigator. "We Never
Sleep"
W.H. Cottrell was the president of the newly formed Walt Disney Imagineering when
Disneyland opened and is the former president of Retlaw Enterprises, a private firm owned
by Disney's family. His title as detective is in honor of his interest in Sherlock
Holmes.
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Don Dagradi
Location: Above the Market House
Inscription: Ship Models - Bushman & Dagradi - Mfgs.
Don Dagradi worked on the initial construction of the park. He was also a storyman and
writer for the studios on films including Pinocchio, Fantasia, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty,
Mary Poppins and many others.
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Marc Davis
Location: Above Disneyana
Inscription: Far East Imports - Exotic Art - Marc Davis - Proprietor
Marc Davis' contributions to Disneyland (and the Disney company in general) cannot be
overstated. He is one of the nine old men. Some of his characters include Maleficent,
Sleeping Beauty, Cruella De Vil and Tinker Bell. He conceived the America Sings
attraction. He worked on the design of the Haunted Mansion, Small World, Pirates of the
Caribean and the Tiki Room among others.
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Marvin Davis
Location: Above Main Street Bank
Inscription: Richard Irvine - Marvin Davis
Marvin Davis was an Art Director for WED. He worked on Tom Sawyer Island, as well as
assisted with the earliest layout of Disneyland.
Alastair Dallas: Marvin Aubrey Davis joined WED in 1953 (from
20th Century-Fox) and was the man who laid out the park. Earlier concepts by Harper Goff
were nothing more or less than backyard train layouts and Davis started with these. But
when the scope of the project expanded, about the time that the Stanford Research
Institute got involved (July, August, 1953), it was Davis who scaled things up to 60
acres. Herb Ryman started with Davis' layout when he spent the weekend drawing the famous
aerial view. Davis was heavily involved in master planning for Florida in the 1960s, but I
believe he left WED around 1970 when Richard Irvine died. I read an interview with him in
the early 1990s (I think of Dennis Hopper when I recall the photo) in which he discussed
his general lack of recognition as Disneyland's master planner.
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Elias Disney
Location: Above the Emporium
Inscription: Elias Disney - Contractor - Est. 1895
Elias Disney was Walt's father and was a general contractor in the mid-west, and opened
his contracting office in 1895. He also participated as a building contractor for the
construction of the Riverboat Mark Twain.
Thanks to Brian Bergstrom for providing some of this information on Elias Disney.
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Ron Dominguez
Location: Above the Market House
Inscription: Orange Grove Property Mgt. - "We Care For Your Property As If It Were
Our Own" - Ron Dominguez - Owner
Ron Dominguez was raised on a grove where the Rivers of America is now. He began working
at Disneyland in its early days and eventually became Executive Vice President of
Disneyland and "Mayor of Our Community."
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