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Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Walt Disney, Assistant Secretary of Treasury, John L. Sullivan, Assistant to the Secretary George...

Walt Disney Pointing to Sketches on Board

American movie producer, artist, and animator Walt Disney and musician Johnny Mercer look at story boards from Disney's 'Soug of the South' movie,...

Disney, Mercer, & 'Song Of The South'

At the Office of the US Army's Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, American film producer, director, and animator Walt Disney poses with various...

Disney & Officers At Chemical Warfare Service Office

Portrait of American cartoonist and producer Walt Disney seated on the edge of a desk in an office holding illustrations from his animated films...

American animator and producer Walt Disney walking through St Stephens Green, Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland.

Walt Disney In Dublin

Washington, DC: Cartoonist Walt Disney shown as he told the House Unamerican activities Committee that communists "once, took over my studio." Disney...

Walt Disney Testifying

Walt Disney with Camera

Walt Disney with Camera

Celebrities young and old gathered at a birthday party for Mickey Mouse at the Disney Studio. Left to right - Edgar Bergen, Candice Bergen, Walt...

Stars With Children

Walt Disney stands in his office holding his famous creation, Mickey Mouse.

Walt Disney in Office

American movie producer, artist, and animator Walt Disney leans over painter Edith Moore as she works on an animation cel , Burbank, California, 1943.

Edith Moore & Walt Disney

Cartoonist and film producer Walt Disney arriving in the foyer of a London hotel. He is on his way to Ireland, where he intends to make a film about...

Mr. And Mrs. Walt Disney and Leopold Stowkowski arriving at the Carthay Circle Theater, for the Hollywood premiere of Disney's Fantasia.

Walt Disney and Wife Arriving at Movie Premiere

American animation producer Walt Disney arrivng in England with his wife on the cruise liner Queen Elizabeth.

In a sound effects studio, American movie producer, artist, and animator Walt Disney watches as a machine uses steam to produce a whistle blast...

Sound Effects At Disney

American movie producer, artist, and animator Walt Disney and musician Johnny Mercer look a hand-crank animation projector, called a praxinoscope,...

Disney & Mercer Look At A Praxinoscope

Accompanied by his wife and daughters - Diane, 16 and Sharon, 13 - Hollywood film producer Walt Disney arrives at Southampton aboard the Cunard-...

Walt Disney With Family

American cartoonist and film producer Walt Disney arrives at London Airport.

Walt Disney poses for a portrait next to a Donald Duck storyboard circa 1945 in Los Angeles, California.

Walt Disney Portrait Session

Walt Disney chats with a paint and ink artist circa 1945 in Los Angeles, California.

Watched by American movie producer, artist, and animator Walt Disney , musician Johnny Mercer sits at a piano and holds up the sheet music from...

Disney, Mercer, & 'Song Of The South'

Walt Disney looks on as 11-year-old Kathryn Beaumont, a virtual unknown in Hollywood, signs a contract to act as the voice of Alice in Wonderland in...

Kathryn Beaumont Signing Contract Under Walt Disney's Watchful Eye

Washington, D.C.: While waiting to testify before the House Unamerican Activities Committee, cartoonist Walt Disney draws a few sketches for Bunny...

Walt Disney Draws Sketching with Children

Pictured: Walt Disney in 1941 --

Mr J W Harries ,Vice President of the Robert Louis Stevenson Club shows Walt Disney the plaque which indicates the birthplace of Robert Louis...

American film director, animator, and businessman Walt Disney shows the storyboards for 'Song of the South' to the film's two child actors, Bobby...

'Song Of The South' Storyboards

American film director, animator, and businessman Walt Disney and singer and actor Nelson Eddy discuss an illustration of 'Willie the Whale,' in the...

Discussing 'Willie The Whale'

Watched by American movie producer, artist, and animator Walt Disney , musician Johnny Mercer plays piano from the sheet music of Disney's 'Soug of...

Disney, Mercer, & 'Song Of The South'

American movie producer, artist, and animator Walt Disney and musician Johnny Mercer look at story boards from Disney's 'Soug of the South' movie,...

Disney, Mercer, & 'Song Of The South'

Among the voyagers on the Queen Elizabeth, which pulled out for Europe today, was the family of Walt Disney. Mr. And Mrs. Disney are shown just...

Walt Disney and Family Posing on Deck

Walt Disney , American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and animator, with his wife Lillian Disney and their two daughters, Sharon...

Disney And Family

Disney studio cameramen shooting pictures from high on scaffold as women ink in colors below.

Disney studio cameramen shooting picture

Cinema, American animator Walt Disney the creator of Mickey Mouse in his Hollywood office with an Oscar award, 1949

Cinema American animator Walt Disney the creator of Mickey Mouse in his Hollywood office with an Oscar award. 1949.

Walt Disney , the voice of Mickey Mouse, stands next to Clarence Nash , who delivers Donald Duck's lines, in a sound recording room, 1945.

When Voice Meets Voice

Portrait of British iterary critic Dr. I. A. Richards at studys sketches for Disney studios at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1943.

Dr. Richards Studies Sketches

Two girls admire the Disney cartoon characters on a new ambulance. The idea behind the decorations was to lessen children's fears about going to the...

Disney Decorated Ambulance for Children

Walt Disney, movieland's number one cartoon producer, had his hands full trying to select six young ladies - members of his art staff - for parts in...

Walt Disney Judging a Line of Bathing Suited Women

In his office, Walt Disney sits on a chair as the production conference begins, all while the boss downs doughnuts and coffee, his never varying...

Disney In Conference

Friend Owl, bottom l-r: Flower, , Thumper on poster art, 1942.

Dumbo, US lobbycard, Dumbo the elephant, 1941.

Donald Duck throws a tomato at Adolf Hitler on the sheet music for the title song of the Walt Disney film 'Der Fuehrer's Face', 1942.

Der Fuehrer's Face

Bambi, lobbycard, 1942.

Owl, bottom l-r: , Thumber on Argentinian poster art, 1942.

Bambi, poster, bottom from left: adult , adult Faline, Flower, Thumper , far right bottom: , 1942.

Bambi, poster, from top: , Thumper, Flower on poster art, 1942.

Bambi, poster, top l-r: Flower, Thumber, on insert poster art, 1942.

Pinocchio, lobbycard, from left: Gepetto, , Figaro, lower right: Cleo, 1940.

Dumbo, poster, on poster art, 1941.

At Walt Disney Studios, an unidentified animator, an unidentified colorist in the Ink and Paint Division works on a drawing of Donald Duck,...

Colorist At Work

Donald Duck shows Mrs. Walt Disney the best place to aim as she christens the S.S. Rice Victory. Mrs. Spencer Tracy, , the matron of honor, looks on...

Famous Wives at Ship Opening Ceremony

Pinocchio, lobbycard, from left: , Jiminy Cricket, 1940.

Pinocchio, lobbycard, from left: Figaro, Cleo the Fish, Jiminy Cricket, , 1940.

Three Little Pigs, poster, , top right: Big Bad Wolf on 1948.

Three Little Pigs

Bambi, poster, left from top: Owl, and Faline, adult , Thumper, right from top: Thumper, owl, and mother, 1942.

Bambi, poster, 1942.

Fantasia, poster, top: Mickey Mouse, 1940.

Walt Disney at his desk c. 1945

Walt Disney (1901-1966) at his desk c. 1945

Fantasia, poster, bottom left: Mickey Mouse, 1940.

American movie producer, artist, and animator Walt Disney sits at a coffee table in his executive office, Hollywood, California, 1944.

Walt Disney In His Office

American actor Eddy Nelson scrutinises a music score for the Disney film 'Make Mine Music', a programme of cartoon shorts.

Make Mine Music

Pinocchio, lobbycard, from left: Cleo the Fish, Figaro, , Gepetto, 1940.