Shannon, Bode, Iowa

The New York Graphic Society was a Disney licensee for those prints from 1945-’49; they made Disney prints in several different sizes. We do not know values, but obviously it would be more than you paid.

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Cooper, Salt Lake City, Utah

Yes, that is the same King Triton statue.

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Donna, Jensen Beach, Florida

I asked Steven Vagnini, who co-presented the Fanniversary event at Walt Disney World.  These are the 25th anniversaries that they noted in the show: Disney Dollars (May 5, 1987, at Disneyland), Star Tours (January 9, 1987, at Disneyland), Disney Store (March 28, 1987), and Ducktales (September 21, 1987).

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Russell, Antelope, California

The definition of Audio-Animatronics® in a 1960s WED Enterprises press release states it is “a unique concept in entertainment which electronically combines and synchronizes voices, music, and sound effects with the movement of animated objects.” Disney first used the name for animals in advertisements for Nature’s Wonderland (1960), though the mechanical characters there did not …

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Paige, Fredericksburg, Virginia

There are rarely openings, but you can write the Archives at Disney.archives@disney.com.

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Chris, Houlton, Maine

The Admiral Joe Fowler was one of the two riverboats; it was retired from service in the fall of 1980 and not retained.

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Stamp, Vancouver, Washington

There was just a single stamp design, featuring a portrait of Walt, with a stream of children coming out of a castle, though first-day cover envelopes were issued by various companies with a variety of cachets. The release date of the 6¢ stamp was selected by the U.S. Postal Service; it does not have any …

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Lizz, Coos Bay, Oregon

Bonkers was an animated television series that debuted on Disney Channel in 1993, and it was soon syndicated to other TV stations. In the show, Bonkers D. Bobcat is a wildly enthusiastic recruit for the Hollywood Police Department—Toon Division, working there with his gruff, streetwise human partner, Detective Lucky Piquel. There were a total of …

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