A SALUTE TO THE IMAGINEERS NAME TAG PIN WARD KIMBALL ARTIST PROOF ED 25 - RARE for Sale

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A SALUTE TO THE IMAGINEERS NAME TAG PIN WARD KIMBALL ARTIST PROOF ED 25 - RARE:
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A SALUTE TO THE IMAGINEERS NAME TAG PIN WARD KIMBALL ARTIST PROOF ED 25! - RARE! For You Are offerdingOn A RareArtist ProofLimited EditionOf Only 25Pins“ASaluteTo TheImagineers”Name TagPinIssued InConjunctionWith Salutestheachievements ofDisney’s ImagineerWARDKIMBALL. There are 12 pins in the set.The Pin Is Backstamped:Disneyanna SaluteArtist ProofED 25The Pin Measures1 1/4” x 1 3/4\"WARDKIMBALL was one ofWalt Disney’s Nine Old Men!He began his DisneyCareer in 1934 andworked there until hisretirement in 1973.He Animated, or served asDirecting Animator, ona dozen classic filmsfromSnow White And The Seven Dwarfsto Bedknobs andBroomsticks He developed the characterof Jiminy Cricket forPinocchio and was then promotedto Animation Supervisoron Dumbo, Fantasia,Saludos Amigos, The ThreeCaballeros, Alice InWonderland, Cinderella,and Peter Pan. Two of the Animated Shorts he created for Disney, \"Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom\"and \"It’s Tough To Be A Bird” won Academy Awards. In the 1956 book, “The Story of Walt Disney”, Walt is quoted as saying, “Ward is one man who works for me I am willing to call a genius.”In the 1950’s, Walt wanted someprograms on his new TelevisionShow about Space Travel, andassigned Ward Kimball as the Animation Director to Produce and Host them. Kimball wrote, directed and Co-Hosted three landmark shows for the Disneyland TV Series that explored the science (and fantasy) of space travel. Working with scientists Willy Ley, Heinz Haber, Ernst Stuhlinger and Werner Von Braun, Kimball’s first effort was the 1955 program, “Man In Space”. “Man And The Moon” followed later that year, and “Mars And Beyond” in 1957.Ward Kimball came out of retirement to help develop the “World Of Motion” for EPCOT in the early 1980’s. He produced and directed some innovative and funny shows in this exhibit.One Scene that comes to mind in the “World Of Motion” was “The First Traffic Jam” that humorously depicted a collision of a Horse and Cart with a Horseless Carriage on a city street intersection. Ward Kimball was a “Master” of the “Animation Gag”. He was a “genius” at making fun of things and showing them in a satirical style!This Rare Pin“A SaluteToThe Imagineers” is in Excellent Conditionfor being almost 20 YEARS OLD! We are willing to work on the price for this item, therefore we have listed it as a BUY-IT-NOW item. You also have the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER! We have also been going through a large number of Disney Memorabilia boxes containing thousands of items that we have collected over the past 45 years! Take a look at our “OTHER ITEMS” and then mark our “store” as one of your favorites. We will continue to add more Disney Memorabilia Items often! DESCRIPTION
For Are offerdingOn A RareArtist ProofLimitedEditionOf Only 25PinsA
SaluteTo TheImagineers
Name TagPinIssued InConjunctionWith Salutes
theachievementsofDisney’s ImagineerWARDKIMBALLThere are 12 pins in the set.The Pin Is Backstamped:Disneyanna SaluteArtist ProofED 25The Pin Measures1 1/4”x 1 3/4\"
WARDKIMBALLwas one ofWalt Disney’sNine Old Men!He began his DisneyCareer in 1934 andworked there until hisretirement in 1973.He Animated, or served asDirecting Animator, ona dozen classic filmsfromSnow WhiteAnd TheSeven DwarfstoBedknobs andBroomsticksHe developed the characterof Jiminy Cricket forPinocchioand was then promotedto Animation Supervisoron Dumbo, Fantasia,Saludos Amigos, The ThreeCaballeros, Alice InWonderland, Cinderella,and Peter Pan.
Two ofthe Animated ShortsHecreated for Disney,\"Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom\"and \"It’s Tough To Be ABird”won Academy Awards.
In the 1956 book,“The Story of Walt Disney”,Walt is quoted as saying,“Ward is one man who works for meI am willing to call a genius.”
In the 1950’s, Walt wanted someprograms on his new TelevisionShow about Space Travel, andassigned Ward Kimball as the
Animation Director to Produce
and Host them. Kimball wrote,
directed and Co-Hosted three
landmark shows for the
Disneyland TV Series that explored
the science (and fantasy) of space travel. Working with scientists
Willy Ley, Heinz Haber, Ernst Stuhlinger and Werner Von Braun, Kimball’s
first effort was the 1955 program,
“Man In Space”.
“Man And The Moon”
followed
later that year, and
“Mars And Beyond”in 1957.
Ward Kimball
came out of retirement
to help develop the
“World Of Motion”for EPCOT
in the early 1980’s. He produced
and directed some innovative
and funny shows in this exhibit.
One Scene that comes to mind in the“World Of Motion”was
“The First Traffic Jam”
that humorously depicted a collision
of a Horse and Cart with a Horseless Carriage
on a city street intersection.
Ward Kimball was a“Master”of the“Animation Gag”.
He was a“genius”at making fun of things
and showing them in a satirical style!
This Rare Pin
“A SaluteToThe Imagineers”is in Excellent Conditionfor being almost20 YEARS OLD!

We are willing to work on the price for this item,

therefore we have listed it as a BUY-IT-NOW item.

You also have the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER!

We have also been going through a large numberof Disney Memorabilia boxes containing thousandsof itemsthat we have collected over the past 45 years! Take a look at our“OTHER ITEMS” and then markour“store” as one of your favorites. We will continue to add moreDisney Memorabilia Items often!

Please see our other listings for more

Disney Memorabilia and other interesting items.

We have been collecting Disney Memorabilia for 45 years.

We will be happy to offer a shipping and handling discount

on items that can be safely packaged together.

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