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Picture of Walt Disney examining a shelf full of National Geographic issues
December 5, 2021

Walt Disney

A story in the August 1963 issue profiled Walt Disney, and documented the ventures under his name. In this photo, Walt Disney combs through National Geographic archives to research period costumes for a film.
Photograph by Thomas Nebbia, Nat Geo Image Collection

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