Q: An old family friend who recently passed away said he had worked at Disneyland. I don’t doubt this but was wondering if there was any way to find the years he worked and what projects? His name is Otto Garst and he would have been there either prior to the opening of Disneyland or just after.
Don, Vancouver, Washington
A: The Archives does not have Disneyland personnel records, but I did find that Otto Garst worked in the machine shop at The Walt Disney Studio in Burbank from 1957 to 1961. During that time, he most likely worked on some Disneyland projects, but we cannot determine which particular ones.
Dave Smith