Walt Disney is a household name in American culture and entertainment. While he is an American icon, he is known and beloved around the world. His childhood was a tough one, but it helped him to become the man the world knew and loved. Here is what you need to know about the childhood of Walter “Walt” Disney.
Darlene Gillespie is one of the original Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club. The most popular cast member in the first season, her popularity was usurped by Annette Funicello in the second season and thereafter. Darlene enjoyed a career in medicine, before becoming a petty criminal, and even did some jail time, before retiring to a respectable life. This is her intriguing tale.
Discover the tranquil beauty of a bygone era through "Anchoring for the Night, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio", a captivating postcard from 1932. As you're drawn into the peaceful scenery on Lake Erie's shores, you're also stepping back into a serene yet fleeting moment before the Great Depression’s tumult hit small lakeside communities.
Main Street USA is the first part of any Disney theme park that a visitor encounters. Here is what one will find at each Main Street, as well as the inspiration around the original one Walt Disney created in California.
