WARD KIMBALL GRIZZLY FLATS RAILROAD 1911 MAXWELL FIRE CHIEFS CAR HC GAZETTE 1961

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WARD KIMBALL GRIZZLY FLATS RAILROAD 1911 MAXWELL FIRE CHIEFS CAR HC GAZETTE 1961
One of Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men Disney Legend Ward Kimball
KIMBALL’S GRIZZLY FLATS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH HIS 1911 TWO CYLINDER MAXWELL FIRE CHIEFS CAR LOCATED iN HIS BACKYARD! Published In The Horseless Carriage Gazette Magazine 1961
This Horseless Carriage Gazette, May-June 1961, Vol. 23 No. 3 Magazine features Ward, his 1911 Maxwell Fire Chiefs Car, his son John, and little David Clark on the cover. The 63-page magazine has an article featuring the "Southern California 1 and 2 Cylinder Tour” taken by Ward Kimball in his Maxwell along with 13 other Horseless Carriages from Escondido to Rancho Santa Fe.
You are bidding on a May-June 1961 Issue of the HORSELESS CARRIAGE GAZETTE MAGAZINE featuring one of WALT DISNEY'S "NINE OLD MEN" WARD KIMBALL in his backyard "FIRE HOUSE 5” garage where he stored this 1911 Maxwell Fire Chiefs Car along with another full size antique Le France Steam Water Pumping Firetruck!
Ward Kimball was an avid collector of antique Fire Equipment, antique American and European model trains, along with a 1907 full-sized 0-4-2T Baldwin Steam Locomotive he named “Chloe" after his daughter. The Chloe pulled a set of train cars custom made by Kimball, consisting of four-bench open cars added around 1975 and two passenger-carrying gondolas built around 1993. Kimball also added a roundhouse, a water tower, a windmill, and a depot building from the 1949 Disney film “So Dear To My Heart”. THESE WERE ALL IN HIS BACKYARD!!! If you ever had the opportunity to visit Ward and he gave you a personal tour of his backyard collection of Trains and Cars . . . it was very special!
There is also an advertisement on page 23 promoting the FIREHOUSE FIVE PLUS TWO’s latest album "DIXIELAND FAVORITES”! The "Firehouse Five Plus Two” was a Dixieland Jazz Band formed by Disney Animators. Two of Disney’s "Nine Old Men" were in the group, Frank Thomas (on piano), and the irrepressible band leader Ward Kimball (on trombone) who was known as the "Fire Chief". As the story goes, the only vehicle the whole band could fit in was Ward's vintage Le France Fire Truck, so they used it to go to performances! The "Firehouse Five Plus Two" Dixieland Jazz Band made at least 10 albums and performed on the Bing Crosby radio show, the Milton Berle Show and the Ed Sullivan Show!
WOW!! . . . that's a lot of history that in this 1961 HORSELESS CARRIAGE GAZETTE that is in excellent condition and complete with its original Horseless Carriage Gazette mailing envelope! The Cover Page displays very well. There are no “dog-eared” corners. The binding is solid with no loose pages. There is no hand writing, markings or folded pages within this fine magazine.
This magazine is now over 60 YEARS OLD! Bid on a little bit of Disney History. WARD KIMBALL's GRIZZLY FLATS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT as seen on the cover of the HORSELESS CARRIAGE GAZETTE! We are willing to work on the price for this item, therefore we have listed it as a BUY-IT-NOW item, and you also have the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER!
Don't wait till the end of this BUY-IT-NOW offering to bid on this 1961 HORSELESS CARRIAGE GAZETTE FEATURING WARD KIMBALL!
We have also been going through a large number of Disney Memorabilia boxes containing thousands of items that we have collected over the past 45 years! Take a look at our “OTHER ITEMS” and then mark our “Ebay Store” as one of your favorites. We will continue to add more Disney Memorabilia Items often!
One of Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men Disney Legend Ward Kimball
DESCRIPTION
One of
Walt
Disney
’
s
Nine Old Men
Disney
Legend
W
ard
K
imball's
GRIZZLY FLATS
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
WITH HIS
1911
TWO CYLINDER
M
AXWELL
F
IRE
C
HIEFS
C
AR
LOCATED iN
HIS BACKYARD!
Published
In The
H
orseless
C
arriage
G
azette
M
agazine
1961
You are bidding
on a May-June 1961 Issue
of
the
HORSELESS CARRIAGE
GAZETTE MAGAZINE
featuring one of
WALT DISNEY'S
"
NINE OLD MEN
"
WARD KIMBALL
in his backyard "FIRE HOUSE 5
”
garage where he stored this
1911 Maxwell Fire Chiefs Car
along with another full size antique
Le France Steam Water Pumping Firetruck!
Ward Kimball was an avid collector of antique
Fire Equipment, antique American and
European
model trains, along with a 1907
full-sized 0-4-2T Baldwin Steam Locomotive
he named “Chloe" after his daughter.
The Chloe pulled a set of train cars custom
made by Kimball, consisting of four-bench
open cars added around 1975 and
two passenger-carrying gondolas built
around 1993.  Kimball also added a
roundhouse, a water tower, a windmill,
and a depot building from
the 1949
Disney film “So Dear To My Heart”.
THESE WERE ALL IN HIS BACKYARD!!!
If you ever had the opportunity to visit Ward
and he gave you a personal tour of his
backyard collection of Trains and Cars
. . . it was very special!
This Horseless Carriage Gazette,
May-June
1961, Vol. 23 No. 3 Magazine
features Ward,
his 1911 Maxwell Fire Chiefs Car,
his son John, and little
David Clark on the cover.
The 63-page magazine
has an article
featuring the
"Southern California 1 and 2 Cylinder Tour”
taken by Ward Kimball in his Maxwell
along with 13 other Horseless Carriages
from Escondido to Rancho Santa Fe.
There is also an advertisement on page 23
promoting the FIREHOUSE FIVE PLUS TWO’s
latest album "DIXIELAND FAVORITES”!
The "Firehouse Five Plus Two”
was a Dixieland Jazz Band formed by
Disney Animators.  Two of Disney’s
"Nine Old Men" were in the group,
Frank Thomas (on piano), and the
irrepressible band leader Ward Kimball
(on trombone) who was known as the
"Fire Chief".  As the story goes, the only
vehicle the whole band could fit in
was Ward's vintage Le France Fire Truck,
so they used it to go to performances!
The "Firehouse Five Plus Two" Dixieland
Jazz Band made at least 10 albums and
performed on the Bing Crosby radio show,
the Milton Berle Show and
the Ed Sullivan Show!
WOW!! . . .
that's a lot of history that in this
1961
HORSELESS
CARRIAGE GAZETTE
that is in excellent condition
and complete with its original
Horseless Carriage Gazette
mailing envelope
!
The Cover Page displays very well.
There are no “dog-eared” corners.
The binding is solid with no loose pages.
There is no hand writing, markings or
folded pages within this fine magazine.
This magazine is now over
60 YEARS OLD!
Bid on a little bit of Disney History.
WARD KIMBALL's GRIZZLY FLATS
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
as seen on the cover of the
HORSELESS CARRIAGE GAZETTE!
We are willing to work on the price
for this item, therefore we have listed it
as a BUY-IT-NOW item, and you also have
the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER!
Don't wait till the end of this
BUY-IT-NOW offering to bid on this
1961 HORSELESS CARRIAGE GAZETTE
FEATURING WARD KIMBALL!
We have also been going through a large number
of Disney Memorabilia boxes
containing thousands
of items that we have collected over the past 45 years!
Take a look at our “OTHER ITEMS” and then mark
our “Ebay Store” as one of your favorites.
We will continue to add more
Disney Memorabilia Items often!
We will be happy to offer a shipping and handling discount
on items that can be safely packaged together.
Email with any questions.
CONDITION
Used and sold "As-Is".
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DISNEY 112221.06
_gsrx_vers_1480 (GS 9.1.1 (1480))