Walt Disney was born December 15, 1901, in Chicago Illinois. Walt went to art classes in Kansas City and in Chicago since drawing in his free time became a hobby. He served as an ambulance driver during the last days of World War I, in France. Walt then got his first job in an advertising company where he would then meet Ub Iwerks who was an animator/cartoonist that helped develop the Disney style along with helping create Mickey Mouse and other characters that would end up popular. At his art school he learned how to make stop-motion photography where he was able to set up a studio to make animated little stories and Laugh-O-Grams, this did not last long enough though seeing as how it went into bankruptcy in 1923. Mickey Mouse was created in the Depression Era, so in making this very energetic and outgoing character it greatly appealed to audiences that needed this kind of positively especially during this time period. The Great Depression was a bad time so the whole character brought the lightness of life that was needed in such a hard time.
Mickey mouse first came out in a cartoon called, Steamboat Willie in 1928 and it was the first ever cartoon of it's time to use synchronized sound during the show. When adding
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One show that had instant success that was newly created was “The Mickey Mouse Club” which for obvious reasons became popular. Walt Disney definitely created a whole new era where happiness was brought into everyone's life just by making the characters he did. He captured the hearts of millions of people and still to this day his characters keep going on. To even make his impact greater he had a whole park built for all the characters he created and for families to be able to go to and have the best time of their lives and experience something they wouldn't be able to anywhere