Disney has added a plaque to the ground next to the “Cigar Store Indian” statue on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland Park.
Carved wooden cigar store Indian sculptures were common in towns across the United States. Shops used emblems and icons like spinning barber poles to advertise their wares and services to the largely illiterate public. Now considered a form of folk art, this statue has stood on Main Street since its early days, advertising the tobacco shop once located here.