Take a look back at the entertainment legend and master of animation magic during the 1940s:
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Discussing their work on Disney's latest extravaganza, 'Fantasia,' with Deems Taylor and Leopold Stokowski, 1940. (Bettmann) |
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Playing with his daughter and dog in the garden, Los Angeles, California, 1940s. (Earl Theisen) |
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On Copacabana Beach, an 8mm movie camera in hand, Rio de Janeiro, 1941. (Hart Preston) |
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On Copacabana Beach, looking through an 8mm movie camera, Rio de Janeiro, 1941. (Hart Preston) |
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Riding a two-person bicycle with wife Lillian Disney, Rio de Janeiro, 1941. (Hart Preston) |
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Dancing with a woman, Rio de Janeiro, 1941. (Hart Preston) |
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On a boat trip with a group of his employees, Brazil, 1941. (Hart Preston) |
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1941. (NBCUniversal) |
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At the 14th Academy Awards at Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1942. (CBS) |
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Discussing model plane in front of sketches for WWII naval flight training film with Lt. J.C. Hutchison, 1942. (Mark Kauffman) |
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With painter Edith Moore, Burbank, California, 1943. |
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In his office, Los Angeles, 1944. (Jerry Cooke) |
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1944. (Bettmann) |
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Posing for a portrait next to a Donald Duck storyboard, Los Angeles, 1945. (Earl Theisen) |
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Lighting a cigarette while seating next to a storyboard for the commissioned animated short 'Hookworm,' Los Angeles, 1945. (Earl Theisen) |
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Umpiring a company softball game, Los Angeles, 1945. (Earl Theisen) |
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The voice of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (Clarence Nash), 1945. |
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with Eddy Nelson, who scrutinises a music score for the Disney film 'Make Mine Music,' 1946. (Hulton Archive) |
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Drawing a few sketches for two kids while waiting to testify before the HUAC, Washington, D.C., 1947. (Bettmann) |
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Holding his famous creation, Mickey Mouse, in his office, 1949. (Hulton-Deutsch) |
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In his Hollywood office with an Oscar, 1949. (Popperfoto) |
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Introducing his two new canine characters in the latest film 'The Lady and The Tramp,' 1949. (Keystone) |
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