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[Salvaggio] When designing a window,

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my attention
is so focused on the job at hand.

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It really is all-consuming because you
don't want it to look too placed, too pat.

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It needs to look like it just
fell together that way very naturally,

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like it just rolled off-the-cuff as is.

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Our windows
are a little bit of storytelling.

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It tells you where you are
and what it was like back in the day.

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I'm Tony Salvaggio, and I've worked
for the Disneyland Resort for 47 years.

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[man on PA] Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,

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good morning and welcome to Disneyland,
the place where dreams come true.

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[Salvaggio] My mom worked here before
I did, over at the Disneyland Hotel.

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She came home one day with a flyer in her
hand, said, "You're 16. You need a job."

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[chuckles] And that's when it all started.

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I auditioned
for the 1969-70 Christmas parade,

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and I've been here ever since. [chuckles]

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When this photo was taken in 1991, I
was working in the entertainment division.

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I won't let them change it. [chuckles]

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My background
in theater arts and scenic design

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transfers perfectly to window design.

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And we prop out the interiors
of the stores, as well, and restaurants.

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Sort of a creative playground. Sometimes
when I'm looking for inspiration,

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I walk up and down our aisles
looking at our props

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and just thinking about how I could
put them together in a different way.

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Red, white and blue. [chuckles]
It's that time of year.

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It's amazing what you can do with
a little imagination and a bunch of stuff.

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[chuckles]

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Uh, we have a few other great photos
in here...

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turn of the century, Uncle Sam.

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Those will work. Can't have Fourth of July
without fireworks.

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I'm going to create a style board
for this summer's look,

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which is, of course,
red, white, and blue, patriotic.

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And we put this all in
the week before Memorial Day,

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and it stays up until Labor Day.

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These ladies look very patriotic.
[chuckles]

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And there, we have a style board.

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Aside from designing windows,
we also maintain them.

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Okay.

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Once the installation has happened,
we have to keep it looking good,

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so, as props become damaged,
we take them out and do touch up

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or repairs or sometimes, if it's too
far gone, we replace it with a new prop.

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And once you've got the base coat on,

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you can go back with the gilding
and blend it all back in together.

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Well, here on Main Street alone,

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I must have about 50 windows or so
that I'm responsible for.

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Doing installations in the park
is probably my favorite thing.

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After all the hard work,
after all the designing

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and worrying and fretting over everything,

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and to see it come together and absolutely
work and look just as you wanted it to,

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it's very, very gratifying.

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Our Main Street is Walt's.

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It's Marceline, Missouri.
It's his childhood reimagined.

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It's really--
Very, very special and so charming.

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It's always fun to see kids
pushing their noses up against the windows

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because something has caught their eye.

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It's why we do what we do. If it weren't
for the guests, we wouldn't be here.

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I've been part of a Disney family
since I was six years old.

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It'll be 60 years since then
that I'm leaving.

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Disneyland's been my home
a very long time,

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it's gonna be really hard
to walk away from here.

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Uh, I'd like my legacy to be that
I always took great pride in my work.

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Um, I always wanted it done
well and done right.

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It's always nice when someone asks you
where you work

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and you say Disneyland,
and their eyes light up.

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[chuckling] That says everything.

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It's just magic,
and I've loved it since I was a kid.

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Now to be part of it and help make
that magic is pretty exciting.