1951 was a banner year for festival photos and newspaper coverage, here the preview article touting the upcoming fete:

Images presented here are all courtesy of Calisphere, the University of Southern California’s Digital Library and they provide a plethora of photographic evidence of the community’s participation:

And the glorious recap write up the morning after in the LA times on November 1st:

Thankfully these images and articles are available for public discovery online…do you have any buried treasures you’d like to dig out and share as well?  Please email us at history@anaheimfallfestival.org, we’d love to see more of how Anaheimers have celebrated over the years.