Walt Disney Shows Harriet Bennett How to Draw Mickey Mouse during a Visit to Henry Ford Museum, April 12, 1940
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Artifact Overview
Walt Disney visited Henry Ford Museum in April 1940. He spoke to Greenfield Village school students and drew Mickey Mouse for them. Disney visited the museum and village multiple times. Greenfield Village, with its re-created historical main street, railroad depot, and lagoon and steamboat, undoubtedly influenced Disney's ideas for his own Disneyland theme park, which opened in 1955.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
12 April 1940
Subject Date
12 April 1940
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.27455
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 4.5 in
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