By the D23 Team
D23 celebrates the popular Disney+ series Prop Culture with series creator and host, Dan Lanigan, and the staff of the Walt Disney Archives. Together, they go behind the scenes and share stories and special insights into the making of the series. Join us as we look into this special part of how the Walt Disney Archives continues to bring new stories…
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By the D23 Team
In honor of the 50-year legacy of the Walt Disney Archives, we’ve rounded up some fun facts about the Archives’ history, collection, and more that we think every aspiring archivist should know. Want to keep celebrating the Archives’ milestone anniversary? Check out D23.com/Archives-50 for more ways to join the jamboree this week. If you’re a…
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By the D23 Team
Join us in celebrating the imagination, passion, and attention to detail invested in many of your favorite Disney costumes! In this just-released video featuring highlights from D23 Expo, go behind the scenes with the team who crafted the dazzling Walt Disney Archives exhibit and its accompanying coffee-table book. From Mary Poppins to Mary Poppins…
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By Rick Lorentz, Walt Disney Archives
Perhaps the most iconic shoes in fairy tale history are the sparkling glass slippers worn by Cinderella. As a repository dedicated to preserving the most memorable costumes from Disney films, we always assumed that the shiny slippers would never be a part of our collection—they only existed as the result of an artist’s…
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By the D23 Team
This week, we’re celebrating the Walt Disney Archives’ 50th anniversary with exclusive videos and articles—and now we want to bring our celebration to your phones! These three phone wallpapers celebrate some of our favorite historical items found in the Walt Disney Archives, including prop storybooks, Disney parks attraction figures, and…
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By the D23 Team
On June 22, 1970, the Walt Disney Archives was founded by Dave Smith to collect, preserve, and make available for use the various historical materials of The Walt Disney Company. Fifty years later, we celebrate this history-making—and preserving—department with the incredible staff who have followed his legacy. Join Archives director Becky Cline,…
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By the D23 Team
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Walt Disney Archives, founded by Disney Legend Dave Smith on June 22, 1970, we’re taking you inside rarely seen parts of the extensive Disney Archives in our new documentary Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives. Check out the just-released trailer for the film, which will be available for screening…
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By Kelsey Williams, Walt Disney Archives
Come in, D23. Disney’s take on the iconic fedora-clad detective, Dick Tracy, hit big screens on June 15, 1990. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Touchstone release, we’ve put together a lineup of some of our favorite historical objects related to the film from the Walt Disney Archives collection.
The colorful…
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June is a special month for our friends at the Walt Disney Archives—June 22 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Archives’ founding! We’re throwing a celebration for this milestone anniversary, including a very special debut—the premiere of the new documentary Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives, which celebrates the lasting legacy of the Archives and…
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By Becky Cline, Director, Walt Disney Archives
Universally acclaimed and internationally adored for his often-explosive qualities, Donald Duck is one of the world’s most famous and beloved personalities. He is also a model United States citizen!
A star was hatched with the June 9, 1934, release of Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony The Wise Little Hen, in which the…
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