Walt Disney by Kamiryn Plarr https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1 en-us 2025-05-02 02:32:12 UTC 2025-05-05 00:50:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Walter Elias Disney st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433673677 2025-05-02 02:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433673677 Walt Disney was a motion-picture, TV producer, and showman. He created cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. He went on to plan and build Disneyland in LA and before he died begun building Disney World in Florida. st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433681322 2025-05-02 02:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433681322 Born December 5th, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois Died December 15th, 1966, in Burbank California st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433685715 2025-05-02 02:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433685715 When Walt was an infant his family moved to a farm in Missouri, there he began schooling and started an interest in drawing and painting with watercolor and crayons. st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433691876 2025-05-02 02:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433691876 He then went on to study cartooning and take classes at the Kansas City Art Institute and School of design. Later on, he returned back to Chicago and attended a high school where he studied cartooning on the side. st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433698465 2025-05-02 03:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433698465 His interests were interrupted by World War 1 where he was an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross in France and Germany. st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433702810 2025-05-02 03:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433702810 On July 13th, 1925, he married one of his first employees, Lillian Bounds and they went on to have two healthy daughters. st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433711711 2025-05-02 03:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433711711 Disney contributed many forms of entertainment and joy to the world, not only by his cartoons but by his spirit being so joyous as well as the amazingly popular theme parks. st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433719521 2025-05-02 03:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433719521 Being so successful comes with some setbacks. He struggled with some film projects that didn't do well and struggling with finances. st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433722842 2025-05-02 03:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433722842 After returning to Kansas City, he would occasionally work as a draftsman and inker in commercial art studios. st58533_ https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433727838 2025-05-02 03:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/st58533_/x3l1zuelrtzagpp1/wish/3433727838