Christopher, Crestline, California

There was no such meeting. Actually, it was President Dwight D. Eisenhower who contacted Disney after the airing of Man in Space in 1955 to request a print of the film, which he could show to some of his people involved in the space program. Kennedy was not involved. We are unaware that Walt Disney …

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Brad, Indianapolis, Indiana

After Walt Disney left Kansas City for Hollywood, the Laugh-O-gram company filed for bankruptcy and went out of business. Walt Disney was not personally involved in the bankruptcy case.

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Ben, Forest Grove, Oregon

The last visit to Disneyland mentioned in Walt’s desk diaries was October 17, 1966. He had other appointments on October 24, but perhaps could have squeezed in a quick trip to Disneyland.

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Anthony, Tomah, Wisconsin

There were two early boxed sets of four Disney books that are fondly remembered. They had enormous sales through mail-order campaigns. The initial set, from 1965, was called The Wonderful Worlds of Walt Disney, with the individual titles being Fantasyland, Worlds of Nature, America, and Stories from Other Lands. The next set (1970, 1977) was …

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Alex, Muskegon, Michigan

My favorites are the Mickey Mouse items that aren’t normally saved as collectibles. Such items are quite scarce, but often not expensive when they do turn up: things from the 1930s like a Mickey Mouse toothbrush, underwear, sweatshirt, and matching scarf and purse. My favorite Mickey Mouse cartoon is Brave Little Tailor.

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Larry, Marion, Indiana

Early park admission tickets are still good for admission, unless marked otherwise, so your friend’s ticket value is the current admission price. There is little or no additional collectible value associated with the tickets.

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Will, Wheat Ridge, Colorado

It was just for fun. Tom Scherman’s Iron Man from the early 1980s was non-functional and was used for photo ops that day posing next to Ward Kimball’s Chloe locomotive, supposedly to have a race. For more information on the Iron Man, see the Tom Scherman blogspot http://tomscherman.blogspot.com/2010/10/tom-schermans-iron-man-and-great-race.html. Scherman is best known for intricate models …

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Steve, Rochester Hills, Michigan

Supposedly Dick Van Dyke very much wanted to play Mr. Dawes Sr., just for fun, and even prepared a screen test to show Walt Disney that he could believably portray the old man.

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