Q: I have reason to believe that I have an original Alice in Wonderland Fantasyland poster and not a remake. I am being told that Authentic Fantasyland posters have Copyright logos in the bottom left corner saying “Walt Disney Productions.” Is there any truth to this?
Dillon, Lacey, Washington
A: For an answer to your question, I turned to Vanessa Hunt of Walt Disney Imagineering, who has co-authored an upcoming book entitled Poster Art of the Disney Parks. According to Vanessa, “‘© Walt Disney Productions’ appeared on attraction posters for all of the Lands for Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disneyland up until 1985; the location of the copyright varies from poster to poster, but Alice’s is in the bottom-left corner.” She added that all of the original posters were silk-screened, and produced in a 36″ x 54″ size. The paper is fairly thick and often backed with linen; a reproduction would not be silk-screened and on a thinner poster paper. There were some full-size reproductions done for the Walt Disney Galleries, part of the Disney Stores, in the 1990s.
Dave Smith