This just in from Tony Figueroa:

[Greetings everyone,
I'm in search of attraction vehicles and props from attraction rides at Disneyland.

I'm looking for a Peoplemover, a Dumbo, and a bobsled from Matterhorn Mountain. I'd also be interested in any other attraction vehicle if you're interested in selling. I can trade items or purchase items. I can also handle all logistics associated with the move of your attraction vehicle. The vehicle will be going to a loving home and you may visit the vehicle at any time in the future. All exchanges will be strictly confidential and private.

Serious inquires please.

Anyone interested in selling or trading may contact me at the following email address:
samgoodies8@gmail.com ]

This ad was released on June 1, 1938. Not sure how much this silver and gold bracelet cost, but I have a feeling it was not cheap.

Mickey by Gottfredson, found in a French magazine from 1935.

Interesting ad from Novemver 30, 1933.

This just in thanks to Gunnar Andreassen: Great ad found inside front cover of Photoplay, June 1934.

Beautiful ad released in the December 28, 1933 edition of the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.

Here are three great Serbian ads from the magazine Politika, sent by my friend Sasa Rakezic.

[The first one, from 22.11.1940, was probably made by a local artist (I would guess Djuka Jankovic), and it says: "The Goofy - After the return from Africa with his inseparable companion Mickey, will go through many new adventrures in the upcoming issues of Politikin Zabavnik".

The second ad (26.11.1940.) says, obviously stating Goofy's words: "Hello Mickey! I'm not late, I'm just running to bring my latest manuscript regarding my latest adventure, which comes out in... Politikin Zabavnik". The new issue came out toda, price 1 dinar" - it's written "Staff of Politikin Zabavnik" at the entrance of the house.

The third one (08.11.1940.) says" "Walt Disney is the favourite artist of the US and the world. All his characters appear in every issue of Politikin Zabavnik. The new issue came out today". There is also a signed Disney's photo, it says - "za Politiku (for Politika)- Sincerely Walt Disney".]

According to Heritage Auction this Lucky Strike ad was created by the Disney Studio. Could any reader confirm this?

This just in from Sasa Rakezik:

[Here is an ad from Belgrade's Politika daily. It was published on August 30th 1940, and it advertises Politikin zabavnik, or more precisely the Donald Duck strips which were published in that magazine. The ad says: "Out every Tuesday and Friday... Politikin Zabavnik in each issue brings new adventures by Donal Duck... A single issue costs 1 dinar".]

This link just in from Mark Mayerson. If you love Oswald, don't miss this article.

This great Swedish poster just in thanks to Lars Emanuelsson:

[The brand Persil was a well known detergent, and of course the name Snow White (Snövit in Swedish) fits in perfectly for its purposes. It even took all the color away from her dress.]

Here is the Christmas gift I mentioned yesterday, courtesy of Are Myklebust:

[I promised to come back to the “Disney History Discovery” made by Gunnar and me.

The premiere date of the short “Steamboat Willie” here in Norway has been unclear, but after some research at National Library in our capital Oslo, we finally found it! The daily Norwegian newspaper “Aftenposten” (“The Evening Post”), published in Oslo, announces in its issue published on March 24, 1930 that “Steamboat Willie” will premiere that same evening together with the musical film “Love Comes Along” (from 1930), starring Bebe Daniels.

See the attachment below – a scan of the original advertisement. Notice the wrong spelling of the title, “Steemboat Willie” (sic).

It was even a small ad about its premiere in the same newspaper the week before (attachment above).]

Merry Xmas to you all. I will be in Morocco until the 29th of December and will try and post something on the 30th. If not, I wish you all also a great new year.

This just in from my Serbian friend Sasa Rakezik (also known as Zograf):

[Enclosed is an ad that I found. It was published in Politika daily from Belgrade, on January 25, 1941. It's announcing a "double program" for a movie show. One was obviously Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, while the other feature is a "story of a life of the Russian emigrants in the US", titled Blood of a Kozak.

The Snow White ad was probably done by Vlasta Belkic, who did these covers for the Mika Mis magazine. As you can see, there was not even a title of a movie. It was probably so popular that just a picture of the characters would tell it all. It is actually like a REBUS, because between the drawing of a Snow White and the Dwarfs there is a Cyrillic letter "i"(which means "and"). The short description says, "The unique creation in the history of film - unlike anything before, it has no competition at all. It was only through enormous efforts that this wanderful presentation of the kingdom of beauty and magic was made true".]

This just in from a reader of the blog:

[Disneyland was closed on Mondays and Tuesdays in the off season until after the summer of 1985 during Disneyland's 30th anniversary. Remember that Michael Eisner and Frank Wells had just joined us and couldn't understand why Disneyland closed and Walt Disney World didn't need to.

I was there. It was VERY controversial:

HOW were they going to fill the park on those low demand days in the off seasons (this was never a problem - unless it rained, Californians don't like rain).

HOW were they going to keep the maintenance up to DISNEY standards? Telling them that Walt Disney World was able to do it really didn't mean anything to them...

HOW were they going to schedule the full time Cast to a seven day a week operation? Up until then, all full time cast had Mondays and Tuesdays off in the off season. Labor for the larger capacity weekend days was supplemented by CR teachers and college students (like me). There was no way they were going to find enough CR's to work the weekends or weekdays AND - believe it or not - most full time cast did NOT want weekend days off!!!Looks like Disneyland survived it. Change is good. Fun times...]

Cheerios Kid 1957

Thanks to Jerry Beck from CartoonBrew for having spotted this Disney-produced commercial.

I was doing some research last week about Walt's longest serving secretary, Dolores Voght, when I stumbled on this ad for a General Electric Clock that features her. The ad mentions: "Meet Dolores Voght, Secretary to Walt Disney. She is the official checker-upper on Mr. Disney's time."

You can buy the ad by following this link (if you do, please try and send us a scan).

This just in from Jim Korkis:

[Walt Disney was quite a salesman. Previously, you showcased him promoting DeSoto cars. My favorite Walt advertisement is Walt promoting a ball point pen with the ad suggesting that Walt animated all of "Bambi" by himself using the ball point pen. Here is an ad from 1941 with Walt promoting a watch and despite the ad's statement that Walt's personal watch was a Longines, I can't confirm that fact. For those who can't quite read the teeny-tiny type at the top of the ad, here it is:

Walt Disney who created a new form of musical entertainment in "Fantasia", the masterpiece of animation says, "Time is of the essence in motion picture production." Because scenes are measured in seconds and dialog, sound effects, and music are tailored to fit by precise time measurements, motion picture producers have made extensive use of Longines Watches from the earliest days.
Mr. Disney's personal watch is a Longines "Hall of Fame".]

This beautiful ad from from 1927 just in via Mark Sonntag and ebay.

Two DeSoto ads found on ebay thanks to Jim Korkis.