Walt & Mickey in Chicago

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings, without the couragous spirit of those who went into battle that day we would not enjoy the freedoms we have today. According to some accounts MICKEY MOUSE was the pass word used by troops on D-Day.

Hardly a surprise when by 1944 Mickey was so much a part of international culture.

Here is a photo of Walt and Mickey arriving in Chicago on a visit to The Chicago Century Of Progress Exposition on July 18, 1933.

Disney in Burbank

On August 31, 1938 Walt and Roy paid a deposit of $10 000 for the above 51 acres in Burbank. The total purchase price would come to $100 000 for the property which to this day remains the corporate headquarters of the Walt Disney Company.

I imagine the above photo was taken around the time of purchase if not at the outset of construction.

Walt & Staff 1930s

Here is a great staff photo taken sometime I think in the mid 30s to promote MICKEY MOUSE ICE CREAM. If anyone can put a date to the photo and identify some of the unknown faces I would love to hear from you.

Those that I can identify (hopefully correctly) Back row left to right: Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, Wilfred Jackson, Norm Ferguson.

Front second from left looks like Fred Moore and just behind him Les Clark. Second from right still in front looks like Pinto Colvig.

My feeling this is 1935 sometime as Donald can be seen on the banner.

Walt in Paris - 1933

I'm back with more photos.

FROM THE REVERSE SIDE:

WALT DISNEY FINDS THE THREE LITTLE PIGS IN PARIS

Walt Disney, whose animated cartoons are known throughout the world, came to Paris for a rest. This first thing that greeted his eye was a copy Les Trois Petit Cochons (Three Little Pigs to you). They can be found by the dozens (in book form) in any French railroad station.
Mr. Disney is pictured with a French version of his famous movie in book form, on the roof of the Hotel Crillon in Paris. ACME, June 25, 1935

BUCKY BUG proofs

I just picked up these proofs for the Silly Symphonies Bucky Bug Sunday strip.

HANK PORTER ON E-BAY

If you like Hank Porter and have about $4000-$5000 to spare either one of these beautiful Good Housekeeping pieces can be yours.

THANK YOU WALT - LAUGH-O-GRAM STUDIO RESTORATION

First, sorry for the lack of updates, my computer recently broke down and I'm in the process of finding a new one which will meet my needs so unfortunately I haven't been able to scan any new material.

Now, during my regular stops, reading blogs I came to thinking about the restoration of the LAUGH-O-GRAM studio in Kansas City. I tried to log onto the THANK YOU WALT website and found that it appears to be gone.

Does anybody know what has happened to the project? I was really excited about it, the last I heard back in January 2008 I think was that work was about to begin.