1960\'s Walt Disney DISNEYLAND Candy Palace Tinker Bell Die Cut BOX Vintage
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1960\'s Walt Disney DISNEYLAND Candy Palace Tinker Bell Die Cut BOX Vintage:
$295.00
1960\'s Walt Disney DISNEYLAND Candy Palace Tinker Bell Die Cut BOX Vintage Product Description
\"SATURDAY\'S TOYS Presents...\"an extremely rare cardboard box from the Disneyland CANDY PALACE on Main StreetU.S.A.
Elaborately designed;circa 1960\'s. This rare box features a unique die-cut design of Sleeping BeautyCastle, with Tinker Bell sprinkling fairy dust over the castle; just as she didon the Disneyland television program.
Box is 12.5\"tall; 4\" wide at top, and 2.5\" wide at bottom of box. Box is inexcellent condition; beautifully preserved. Includes original string cord thatkept the top of the box from popping open!
Artwork was createdby Richard Parmenter; and carton was designed by H.S. Crocker Co. Inc. (betterknown as maker of the earliest Disneyland postcards).
As most recently featured at the Sharpsteen Museum of Calistoga History in California\'s Napa Valley (November 2013 - April 2014). The exhibition paid tribute to the successful working relationship between Ben Sharpsteen (former animator and Academy Award winning producer) and his boss of 30 years... Walt Disney.
This is among therarest of all Disneyland packages, as even though many were taken home after avisit to the park, they were difficult to store and few, if any, have survived.The box was used to sell taffy and other taste treats inside the Candy Palace(at 211 N. Main Street U.S.A.), which was operated by Los Angeles candy makers,Adams & Brooks. Even the famed candy maker does not have one of these boxesin their own archives.
Pictured below(photos not included) are candy chef LEE HIGHT (pictured with one of these rareboxes; still on the shelf!), along with Candy Palace manager, VERA CONNELL. Itwas Connell who clearly recalled that on Disneyland\'s opening day, July 17,1955, the temperature was 105 degrees; the chocolate melted; and their entirestock of candy was lost.
Here\'s a bit ofhistory about these famed candy makers... When Al Brooks first walked into theoffices of Adams & Brooks Inc. in Los Angeles, little did he know that hewas about to change the lives of all who worked there. Al Brooks had noconnection to the Adams & Brooks candy company, but had somehow becomeaware of Walt Disney\'s pressing need for merchants to operate Disneyland\'sshops and exhibits. When Walt expressed his need for a candy making exhibit onMain Street, Al Brooks knew that he wouldn\'t personally be able to assist. Thenew Statler Center Hotel had recently opened and the hotel quickly became thetoast of Los Angeles. In fact, the hotel had hosted the Emmy Awards in 1953,where Art Linkletter (who would later host the nationwide broadcast ofDisneyland\'s opening day ceremonies) presented Lucille Ball and \"I LoveLucy\" with top honors for the previous year\'s television season. The hotelhad also been selected as an exterior set location for the film\"Giant\" starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson. Itwas at the Statler that the Al Brooks Theater Ticket Agency had opened topopular demand, placing significant demands on his available time.
The Adams &Brooks caramel corn shop on Pershing Square was only a few blocks from theStatler Hotel, and was well known to downtown shoppers in Los Angeles. Itseemed only natural that he might try to mobilize this enterprise for theDisneyland project. In exchange for his efforts, Al Brooks was offered theleasing rights to the \"Candy Palace\", and he was given the option ofcontracting the store operation to an available and interested merchant. Afterapproaching the owners, Paul Adams and Emert Brooks, Al Brooks entered into anagreement with Adams & Brooks that would shape the future of this smallbusiness into the new millennium. The initial result was an enterprise tobecome known as ARB Corporation (Al Brooks\' initials).
For the next threeyears, A.R.B. Corp. would hold the lease for the Candy Palace on Main StreetU.S.A. As time passed, it became clear that an adjustment was needed in orderto ensure the future viability of the candy enterprise at Disneyland. AlBrooks, having no experience in candy manufacturing or operations, agreed toallow Adams & Brooks Inc. to accept full responsibility for the lease.
After Walt Disney hadpassed away, the lease agreement for the Candy Palace was allowed to expire,and Walt Disney Productions assumed management of the enterprise.
Though they may havenever before made the connection, Southern California locals will remember thatas thesouthland regained its balance after World War II, Adams &Brooks expanded into the newly reopened Los Angeles County Fair in the city ofPomona. Beginning in 1948, the company developed pushcarts that would travelthe fairgrounds offering samples of P-Nuttles brand Toffee Peanuts. Salesskyrocketed and began a relationship that continues even into the new century.The original booth at the fairgrounds still hosts Adams & Brooks eachyear, where thousands of residents and visitors come to once again enjoythis Southern California tradition.
Disneyland shopperswith a sharp eye may stillfind Adams & BrooksCoffee Rio candiesat all Trader Joe\'s markets!
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1960\'s Walt Disney DISNEYLAND Candy Palace Tinker Bell Die Cut BOX Vintage:
$295.00