Walt Disney and Ward Kimball Posing in the Greenfield Village Tintype Studio, 1948
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Walt Disney spent years imagining his ground-breaking theme park, Disneyland, before it opened in 1955. He traveled many places to find inspiration, including Henry Ford's Greenfield Village, which he visited twice in the 1940s. During his second trip in 1948, Disney posed for this portrait with one of his animators, Ward Kimball, in the village tintype studio.
Walt Disney spent years imagining his ground-breaking theme park, Disneyland, before it opened in 1955. He traveled many places to find inspiration, including Henry Ford's Greenfield Village, which he visited twice in the 1940s. During his second trip in 1948, Disney posed for this portrait with one of his animators, Ward Kimball, in the village tintype studio.
Artifact
Tintype (Photograph)
Date Made
23 August 1948
Subject Date
23 August 1948
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
91.0.44.52
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Tintype (Process)
Dimensions
Height: 5.875 in
Width: 3.875 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on mat: Walt Disney WARD KIMBALL GRIZZLY FLATS R.R. 8/23/48
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