WALT DISNEY~Dancing The Night Away

WALT DISNEY~Dancing The Night Away

I’ve always hated the perception that Marc Eliot portrayed about Walt Disney. His book, Walt Disney: Hollywood Dark Prince, at best was a spurious National Enquirer approach to a biography, at worst (which is where it belongs) it is good for kindling in...
WALT DISNEY TAKES A RIDE

WALT DISNEY TAKES A RIDE

Wonderful photo of Walt taking off in a Helicopter. Taken from a publicity still from “Walt Disney Presents: ‘A Progress Report and Nature’s Half Acre’ ” from the “Disneyland” T.V. Show on A.B.C. Photo is dated January 1955....
HAPPY THANKSGIVING~Walt Disney Photo

HAPPY THANKSGIVING~Walt Disney Photo

Wonderful and expressive photograph of Walt Disney along with a few of his fellow pals. The Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are licensed toys from the period, with Goofy being a maquette. Circa 1950s. Enjoy.
Painting the Matterhorn – 1959

Painting the Matterhorn – 1959

I’ve been working on a couple short videos about the history of the park.  But I realize I haven’t posted up anything for over a week.  This image is from May, 1959–just four or five weeks before the attraction opened to the public....
DHI FACEBOOK PAGE Celebrating Walt Through Photographs

DHI FACEBOOK PAGE Celebrating Walt Through Photographs

Photograph of Walt Disney and Grandson Christopher Miller taken at Disneylandby Celebrated Hollywood Photograph Gene Lester.If you have not checked out the Institute’s Facebook page recently, members are posting quite a few rare and never-before-seen photographs...

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