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Mickey Mouse Club (1955-59):
A television variety show for children, Mickey Mouse Club featured a cast of young teens, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and other Disney characters were incorporated alongside live-action skits, musical numbers, and serial stories. Walt Disney used the show to help finance and promote his new Disneyland Park, which opened in 1955. The original show remained in syndication into the 1970s and was later revised as the New Mickey Mouse Club.
Mickey Mouse ears, about 1955. Hats similar to those worn by the cast of the Mickey Mouse Club were sold at the new Disneyland Park. They remain popular souvenirs.
Mickey Mouse Club Annual, 1956, featuring performers Lonnie Burr and Darlene Gillespie.
Lunchbox, about 1963. |