WDWMousing - Chapter 38 - Magic Kingdom - Windows on Main St - Northeast Main St. - Part 3

Chapter 38 - Magic Kingdom - Windows on Main St. USA - Northeast Main St. - Part 3 posted Nov 2021

Part 3 of our pictorial tour of the Windows on Main St USA. We pick up where we left off, at the corner of Center St and onward up the Northeast Side of Main St.

For current Magic Kingdom Map:
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/media/wdw_nextgen/corecatalog/waltdisneyworld/en_us/pdf/magic-kingdom-park-map.pdf

As we head around the Corner of the Crystal Arts Shop

Above the entrance to Crystal Arts there are four windows, but only the center set have dedications. To the left was:

M.T. Lott Co.
Real Estate
Investments

“A Friend in Deeds is a Friend Indeed”
Donn Tatum
President

Donn Tatum was the former President and Chairman of the Board of Walt Disney Productions, and the first non-family member to head the Company. He was also the first president of Walt Disney World. The businesses referenced on the window were all skeleton companies once used by Walt to buy the land in Florida that would eventually become Walt Disney World. If people had been aware that Walt was buying land in Florida, the price per acre would have went through the roof. So, to keep things secret, Walt created dummy corporations (all incorporated in other states) to throw people off his trail. Even though Tatum was never the president of any of these companies, they were all subsidiaries of Walt Disney World, of which he was in charge.

The window to the right:

M.T. Lott Co.
Real Estate
Investments

Subsidiaries
Tomahawk Properties
Latin American Development
Ayefour Corporation
Bay Lake Properties
Reedy Creek Ranch Lands
Compass East Corporation

This window honors the clandestine process of acquiring the land in Florida to build Walt Disney World.
The window for M.T. Lott Co Real Estate Investments seemingly lists off a bunch of meaningless property companies. A closer examination shows that each of these businesses were names of skeleton companies used in the land acquisition process for Disney World.

Sources:
https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Walt_Disney_World_Company

On the third floor we have a window tribute to:

Seven Summits Expeditions

Frank G. Wells
President
"For Those Who Want To Do It All"

At Disney, Frank G. Wells focused on all aspects of the company, including theme parks, real estate, finance, administration, and corporate sponsorships. As a key supporter of Disneyland Paris, Frank expanded the Company’s international presence and also promoted development of The Disney Store.

Guests who are brave enough to conquer the Forbidden Mountain can enjoy Expedition Everest where they come face to face with the fabled Yeti. Before reaching the loading area of the attraction, guests pass through a final room with pictures depicting the various individuals who would normally accompany a mountaineering expedition. While the individuals look random, one of them is actually Disney Imagineer Frank Wells who was an avid mountaineer in real life. This is one of the reasons why the window is at the top of the building.
Frank was also responsible for getting Clint Eastwood to allow Disney to use his character in the Great Movie Ride. (See Hollywood Studios Chapter 5 – Great Movie Ride – Part 1)

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn_Tatum
https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/donn-tatum/
https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2016/04/07/a-look-at-disneys-executive-succession-hits-and.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wells
https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/frank-wells/
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/seven-summits_rick-ridgeway_dick-bass/428403/#edition=2393255&idiq=701548

We’re now going up the Main St. side of the Crystal Arts Shop.

Above the Crystal Arts Shop, the center set of windows are tribute to:

References:

Evans & Assoc.
Tree Surgeons

We Grow 'Em
You Show 'Em
Morgan Evans, D.T.S.
Tony Virginia, A.T.S.

Morgan “Bill” Evans designed the landscaping for Walt Disney's home, as well as the gardens that surrounded his backyard railroad, the Carolwood Pacific. Walt then selected Bill to do the same at Disneyland. Evans had transformed 80 acres (320,000 m2) of Anaheim orange groves into lush theme park attractions filled with exotic plants.
One of the prominent pieces of the projects was landscaping the Jungle Cruise. (See Magic Kingdom Chapter 9 – Adventureland – Part 1)
He eventually became director of landscape design for WED Enterprises, and worked on all of the Disney parks. As director of landscape design Bill helped develop the master landscaping plan for Walt Disney World in Florida.

Tony Virginia was the head of landscaping in Disney World. Tony was Superintendent of Grounds Maintenance for Walt Disney World during its earliest years. Tony oversaw the team that prepared all the grounds for the Magic Kingdom and resorts that opened in 1971. He also helped extensively with Epcot Center. For the China pavilion, Tony who was then Walt Disney World Director of Horticulture, acquired a 100-year-old weeping mulberry he found in New Jersey. The tree was 15-feet tall and very wide and distorted, the "look" sought for the area."
Tony explained “that the planning for Epcot Center's landscape began simultaneously with the planning of its buildings, due to the enormous amount of lead time required for ordering exotic trees, shrubs and then allowing them to acclimate to a new environment. "

Next door, is the second façade for the Crystal Arts Shop on the east side of Main St.

On the second floor is a set of three windows.

The right one is inscribed with :

Sailmaker

Roy Patrick
Abigail

These are Roy E. Disney’s children:

Roy Patrick Disney – worked for the Walt Disney Company for more than 10 years. He worked at the Disney Channel, in Film Post Production and at Walt Disney Imagineering. Roy Patrick had been a director of the Walt Disney Co. when he left the company. Roy Patrick left the Walt Disney Company and started an investment company.

Abigail Disney - is an American filmmaker and scholar known for her documentary films focused on social themes. She earned a BA from Yale, an MA in English Literature from Stanford, and a PhD in English Literature from Columbia University. Abigail Disney turned to the family business of filmmaking after she met Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee in 2006. Her filmmaking career began with a documentary film, "Pray the Devil Back to Hell". The movie, which documented the lives of women in Liberia, was made with Emmy Award-winning director Gini Reticker. In 2008, she launched Peace is Loud, an organization described as "supporting female voices and international peace-building through nonviolent means." In 2009, Peace is Loud organized a Global Peace Tour which showed "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" at community screenings in the U.S. and other countries. It was part of the United Nation's International day of peace. Peace is Loud also funded a 10-day project regarding "female peace-building capacity" three different cities in the US. With partners, Pamela Hogan and Gini Reticker, she produced the five part series "Women, War & Peace" which aired in 2011 on PBS. In 2011, Abigail received an Athena Film Festival Award for her extraordinary use of film for social change. She was a Woman of the Year Honoree at the 2015 Women's Image Network Awards.

The middle one is dedicated to,

Roy E. Disney

Specializing in the Gentlemanly Sport of Racing at Sea
Sailing Lessons
Aboard the Ketch Peregrina
Patty Disney
First Mate

Roy E. Disney is the son of Walt's brother, Roy O. Disney. He was the Vice Chairman of the Walt Disney Company for many years and he was also Director Emeritus for the Board of Directors. Roy's window refers to his love of competitive sailing, for which he received an honorary Doctorate from The California Maritime Academy in tribute to his contributions to the sport.
Listed along with him are his ex-wife Patty and their four children.

Patty Disney - First wife of Walt Disney's nephew Roy Edward Disney. They married in 1955 and had four children Roy III, Susan, Abigail, and Timothy. She served as a trustee of Occidental College in L.A. and a regent of St. Mary's College in Moraga CA. She also served as vice chairman for Roy's investment company. She befriended alot of the animators at Walt Disney Animation Studios

And the left one include Roy’s other children:

Susan Disney Lord – is a restauranteur and philanthropist. She serves as president of the Roy E. Disney Family Foundation, which supports a range of causes from childhood education to environmental issues. She also sits on the board of several other organizations.

Timothy Disney – is a talented producer, director and screenwriter, with a focus on inspiring and engaging documentaries and independent feature films.Tim is co-founder of a production company called Uncommon Productions. He has won a number of accolades for his work and has had his films premiered at select festivals around the world. His credits include documentaries such as The Price of Sugar, Against the Clock, The Last Mountain, A Life among Whales, and The Road to Reconciliation. Timothy’s feature films include Oliver and Company, American Violet, William, and Tempesta.

Reference:

On the third floor there a three windows that are currently unassigned.

Now on to the first façade above the Main Street Bakery

There is again a set of three windows:

The reason these windows are grouped together is that all three, Dick Nunis, Ron Miller, and Orlando Ferrante, went to the University of Southern California and played football together.

The right window is dedicated to:

Massage Parlor
Masseur
O. Ferrante

Orlando Ferrante – After graduating from University of Southern California (USC), where he received his bachelor’s degree in business administration. He served two years in the United States Navy, then played professional football as an offensive guard for the Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers in 1960-61.
On joining Disney 1962, Orlando’s premier charge was to serve as an expeditor on the first Audio-Animatronics® attraction at Disneyland, the Enchanted Tiki Room, overseeing its installation. In 1966, Orlando coordinated the relocation and installation of the attractions developed by Disney for the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair, including it’s a small world, presented by Pepsi-Cola/UNICEF, General Electric’s Carousel of Progress, and the State of Illinois’ Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.
Orlando established a new department called Project Installation Coordinating Office (PICO), which coordinated the creation and installation of Disneyland attractions, including the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as shows and attractions for Walt Disney World.
In 1972, Orlando was named general manager of administration, followed by vice president of administration and production, overseeing all of Imagineering. He moved on to serve as vice president of manufacturing and production in 1979, followed by an appointment to vice president of engineering and production.
In 1990, he moved to France where he served as vice president of show and ride engineering, production, and installation at Disneyland Paris. In 2002, Orlando moved to Venice, Italy, to help launch the second Disney Cruise Line ship.

And left window is dedicated to:

Turkish Baths
Supervisor
Dick Nunis

Dick Nunis –after college, Dick decided to apply for a summer job at the new theme park, Disneyland, and was hired by Van France, founder of The Disney University and author of the Park’s orientation and training program. Just prior to the Park’s July 17, 1955, debut, the duo began training Disneyland employees. Among members of their first class were Walt and his executives.
He worked his way through the company, becoming director of operations at Disneyland in 1961 and vice president of operations in 1968.
In 1971, the year the Magic Kingdom and two hotels opened at Disney World, Nunis became executive vice president of Disney World and Disneyland. Later, as president and chairman of Walt Disney Attractions, he continued to guide development of the Disney World Resort.
In 1980, he was named president of the Outdoor Recreation Division, overseeing Walt Disney World, Epcot Center and, later, the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park. Dick also consulted on plans for Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland while serving on the Walt Disney Productions Board of Directors.
In 1999, Dick retired as chairman of Walt Disney Attractions.

Searches:

The middle window was dedicated to:

The
Original
Dick Nunis
Gym
Night Manager
Ron Miller
24 Hour Service

Ron Miller – After college he briefly worked as a liaison between WED Enterprises and Disneyland before being drafted into the army. After his discharge from the Army, Ron played a season as tight end with the Los Angeles Rams professional football team.
Walt sponsored his son-in-law and got him into the Screen Director’s Guild and Ron worked as a second assistant on “Old Yeller” (1957). He soon rose up the ranks to a variety of producer positions and directed some of Walt’s lead-ins for the popular weekly Disney television show. He spent time in the film division and his co-producer credits appear on such Disney classics as “Son of Flubber,” “That Darn Cat!” “Tron”, “Pete’s Dragon,” and “Escape to Witch Mountain.”
He became president of Walt Disney Productions in 1980, CEO in 1983, and held the post immediately prior to the arrival of Michael Eisner
Perhaps, he is best known for creating the Touchstone label, which allowed Disney to produce and release adult-oriented films without harming the family-friendly reputation of the Disney name. He was also responsible for establishing The Disney Channel, funding the films of a young Tim Burton, acquiring the film rights and putting into development Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and funding Disney’s first Broadway show, “Total Abandon,” with Richard Dreyfuss.

The next Bakery Façade on Main St. also has a set of three windows

There are two windows tributed:

Washo
&
Son

Stone Mason

Bud Washo
Bill Washo
Our Motto
“No Stone Unturned”

Robert “Bud” Washo - Was hired in 1954 as the superintendent of the Staff and Plaster shop for Disney Land Park. He was a senior designer for WED Enterprises or Imagineering. He headed the Disneyland Staff Shop, where he supervised concrete and plastic modeling. Bud Washo would go on to manage the Architectural Ornamentation Department at Walt Disney World. He and his departments were responsible for modeling pieces used for Animatronics, building facades and sculpting details for specific attractions.
He and his crew were responsible for the molding, casting, and finishing of a vast array of unique Disney Park elements including Autopia cars, Jungle Cruise elephants, Primeval World dinosaurs, fiberglass stone archways, plaster rock battlements, and golden castle turrets.
In Orlando, he used an old fertilizer storage shed as the initial workshop for molding and creating the components for Cinderella castle in Walt Disney World Resort.
In addition to the theme parks, he helped make exhibits for Disney's projects in the 1964 World's Fair. He was a member of the Disney Golden Years Club.

Bill Washo - The Washos were a father-son team that worked for Disney. Bill worked with his father on the facades at Walt Disney World.

Iwerks-Iwerks
Stereoscopic
Cameras

Ub Iwerks
Don Iwerks
Repairs
Modifications
No Two Exactly
Alike

Ub Iwerks – He started out with Walt in 1919 in Kansas City, and they soon went into business together. The Iwerks-Disney Studio folded when they got jobs at the Kansas City Slide Company, and Walt later moved west to California.When Walt and Roy started the Disney Brothers Studio, Walt sent for Ub. When Walt lost his first cartoon character to his promoter, Ub was the only animator that stayed with Walt.
Ub was with Walt from the beginning and helped create both Mickey Mouse and the multi-plane camera used in those early days of animation.
Ub single-handedly animated Plane Crazy, the first Mickey Mouse short.
Ub became a camera developer, devising photographic solutions to many animations. For the opening of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Ub worked on attractions such as “it's a small world” and the Hall of Presidents, creating the process whereby multiple synchronized projectors created one extremely wide movie image.

Ub is a two-time Academy Award winning American animator, cartoonist and special effects technician, Ub was considered to be Walt Disney’s oldest friend.

Circlevision Camera

Don Iwerks – Was Ub’s son, who was a Disney cinematographer and helped perfect the Circle-Vision camera. Don was a former Disney executive and co-founder of Iwerks Entertainment, along with Stan Kinsey. Don also played a pivotal role in creating Circle Vision, Captain EO, Star Tours, and giant screen projections.
Don’s work at the New York’s World Fair and Epcot Center were defining moments in his career. In Epcot he designed the theaters which included two nine-screen CircleVision theaters plus the French Pavilion—which was like CircleVision. The American Adventure, which is a huge rear-projection theater with set pieces in front of it. The film and scene served as the background that helped to tell the story of America.

Source:

The third Bakery Façade on Main St,
The building’s exterior hasn’t much change in the past ten+ years.

2005

2017

Search so far:

Only the center windows an inscription.

Lazy M
Cattle Company
of Wyoming

Ron & Diane Miller
&
Partners
Christopher
Joanna
Tamara
Jennifer
Walter
Ronald Jr.
Patrick

Walt's eldest daughter Diane and her family are honored in this window.
The Lazy M is the name of their ranch in Wyoming. The other names are the names of their children.

Ron Miller – Background was discussed when we viewed the Gym window two building’s back.
Diane Miller – Is Walt and his wife Lillian Bounds Disney’s eldest daughter. Diane and Ron Miller (her husband) had their own winery since 1981, they have operated Silverado Vineyards Winery. Diane was instrumental in pushing ahead with the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Lillian Disney started the project. She organized the development of The Walt Disney Family Museum at the Presidio of San Francisco.

Ron and Diane Miller’s children:
Christopher Miller - Christopher Disney Miller was born on December 10, 1954 in Monterey County, California, USA. He is an assistant director, known for The Black Hole (1979), Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983), Tex (1982) and Herbie Goes Bananas (1980).
Joanna Miller - Co-founder of The Walt Disney Family Museum. married to Goff, Robert A.
Tamara Miller - married to Grant Scheer
Jennifer Miller – married to Runeare, Louis J.
Walter Miller - He is a producer and actor, known for Walt & El Grupo (2008), The Wonderful World of Disney (1995) and Our Grandpa, Walt Disney (2011)
Ronald Jr. Miller – still researching
Patrick Miller – still researching

We’ll now move on to the first façade for the Ice Cream Parlor on Main St. This store front has also seen a few changes over the years.

2005

2019

The right window is dedicated to:

Community Service
Recruitment Center

Bob Mathieson
Quality, Integrity
& Dedication

Bob Mathieson – Bob’s background was discussed while visiting the window over the
Crystal Arts Shop on the North Side of Center St, called Windermere Fraternal Hall (see above)

The window to the left is tributed to:

Sully's Safaris
&
Guide Service

Chief Guide
Bill Sullivan

Bill Sullivan - We also discussed Bill’s background while visiting the window over the Crystal Arts Shop on the North Side of Center St, called Windermere Fraternal Hall (see Chapter 37 - Windows on Main St - Center St - Part)

Our tour of the East Side of the Windows over Main St U.S.A. come to the end with the last Façade.

The windows over this Shop front, the Ice Cream Parlor, are currently vacant.

To keep the Chapter from being too long and more difficult to load, we've ended to Chapter at the end of the East Side of Main St.
In the next Chapter 39 – Main St. U.S.A. – Part 4, we will view and discuss the Windows on the West Side of Main St.

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Chapter 38 - Magic Kingdom - Windows on Main St. USA - Northeast Main St. - Part 3 posted Nov 2021

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