【光影岁月中的人+事】Walt Disney: The Man and His World His, Man, The, Disney, Walt

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Walt Disney and His Family
Walt Disney sits in front of many Disney creations including Pluto, Goofy, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Bambi, Snow White, and Dopey. Walt Elias Disney, born in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1901, is credited with changing the world of entertainment.


Walt Disney Poses With Mickey
Walt Disney poses against a landscape backdrop containing Mickey Mouse. "I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known," he once said.

  
Mickey Mouse Greets Visitors at Disneyland
Mickey Mouse greets visitors at the Magic Kingdom of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. This photo is from circa 1955, the same year the park opened.

  
Mickey Blossoms in Disneyland
Planted flowers form a design of Mickey Mouse's face in Disneyland. Disney came up with the idea of a Disney theme park in the late 1940s. A train fan since he was a child, he insisted that whatever it might include, Disneyland ought to be surrounded by a train.


Children Ride the Giant Teacups at Disneyland
Don't get sick! This photo from 1955 shows some of the first children to ever brave Disneyland's dizzying teacup ride.


Welcome to the Magic Kingdom
The entire Walt Disney World staff stands in front of Cinderella's Castle prior to the grand opening of the amusement park. The largest and most visited amusement park in the world, Walt Disney World opened on Oct. 1, 1971. It is the largest single-site employer in the U.S., and employs more than 66,000 "cast members."


Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and Fireworks
Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle, shown here at the park's "Believe In Holiday Magic" fireworks show from December 2007.

  
Disneyland's Haunted Mansion
Disneyland's Haunted Mansion is decorated in the style of the film "The Nightmare Before Christmas" for Halloween in 2007.

  
Walt Disney with Mickey Mouse at Dusk
The sun sets on a statue of Mickey Mouse and his creator at Disneyland.