Copy of Walt Disney Cane and Autograph



Above: Walt Disney autograph- both sides of the card shown.

Walt Disney's Worlds Fair Walking Cane & Autograph According to the son of the original recipient, this cane and Walt Disney autograph were given to his mother by Walt Disney when she acted as Disney's host at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Neal Gabler's book, "Walt Disney The Triumph of the American Imagination" documents that Walt Disney stopped at the Chicago World's Fair upon returning from a trip to New York in July of 1933. The original owner's son writes, "... One thing [his mother] would tell often is of Walt and his friend renting a rickshaw and them being pulled around the grounds, she like[d] that... The cane was something that was won at one of the games on the midway by Walt and given to my Mother... I am attaching a photo of my mom from that time...this is the best I can recall the story from my youth." (more below)

Walt Disney's father Elias had worked as a carpenter at an earlier World's Fair, and designing World's Fair attractions would be an important part of Walt Disney's later career, so it was only natural that he was attracted to the 1933 Chicago exhibition. In fact the final incarnation of EPCOT has been compared to a permanent World's Fair.

Included is a letter written by the original recipient's son (which I have quoted from in part above). The letter mentions that the writer's mother "dated" Walt Disney for about a week during the fair, but he also mentions his mother passed away when he was just 15-- so the story has presumably faded with memory and grown in the re-telling. It's unlikely Walt Disney spent a week at the fair, and "hosted" or "guided" (rather than "dated") would be the more accurate term for the happily married Disney. Just as VIP's at Disneyland today receive official host or hostess escorts, it's easy to picture Chicago-born Walt Disney, creator of the famous Mickey Mouse, receiving VIP treatment at the Chicago "Century of Progress" Exposition.

About the Autograph: Like most cartoonists, throughout his life Walt Disney had both a cursive signature (like you and I use to sign our names) and a block-printed signature (which is how most cartoonists sign their work). Until about the mid-1930's, Walt Disney's block signature was crude, and characterized by four separate slashes to form the "W." It was this signature that his artists first copied to sign Walt's name to comics (and this still confuses untrained eyes). This early version of Walt Disney's signature is rare, pre-dating Walt's later and greater fame. The autograph is on business card-size advertising handout and has one significant fold along the lower left margin. The back of the card has mounting remnants partially obscuring the original advertising (see photo above).

The cane is in worn condition with multiple scuffs and the tip has been replaced with a modern rubber tip.

Included in the lot are:

-Walt Disney autograph on Chicago World's Fair advertising card.
-Wood cane given to owner's mother by Disney.
-Original vintage photograph of the original recipient.
-Letter from the recipient's son detailing the story as he remembers it.
-Phil Sears Collectibles Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity Certificate.

A rare group of items related to Walt Disney and a theme park-like fair in the city in which he was born.
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	Left: Included is an original photo of the original recipient, Thelma Goodwin
	Right: A publicity photo of Walt Disney in the 1930's with a similar version of his very early block-printed autograph


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