Wednesday, June 08, 2011

World's Fair Wednesday- Walt Disney at the 1964 NY Fair

These images were originally published in the company house magazine Pepsi Cola World in June 1964 to celebrate the opening and their sponsorship of it's a small world at the New York Fair. During this promotion, Walt was accompanied by Miss Pepsi, as can be seen on the first image with Walt talking to the cute kid.

Next up is an image of the lounge area with all the Hostesses trying to serve Walt and Pepsi Cola executives. Check out the hats that read Pepsi on the Hostesses.

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6 comments:

  1. Thufer7:08 AM

    I agree, always wonderful to see Walt relaxed and enjoying the world. In that bottom picture, you can see his mind at work asking, always asking; how can I improve this?

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  2. thepicklebarrel8:52 AM

    every time i see a cigarette in walt's hand i wanna snatch it away and smack him!

    "bad, walt! bad, walt!"

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  3. pixiegirltink7:50 AM

    Picklebarrel, I always wish I could climb in my time machine, find Walt and convince him to quit smoking! He could have lived to to the '80's, I'm sure.

    This was a GREAT post. I especially love seeing Walt being so cute with that kid. It's clear he'd been a grandpa for several years.

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  4. William Senik4:43 PM

    Amazing. I am the kid that Walt Disney is leaning over talking to. I have an original of the photograph at home. I was 4 years old.

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  5. William Senik wjsenik@optonline.net4:54 PM

    I think the picture actually was in one of the NY newspapers at the time. Daily News? NY Herald? not sure... I'll have to check. I may even have a copy of the newspaper.

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  6. Michelle7:16 AM

    Hello. My name is Michelle Choi and I currently work at PepsiCo. I found these photos on your blog and wanted to discuss purchasing the rights to the Pepsi photos. Could you please contact me ASAP at michelle.choi@pepsico.com?

    Thank you.

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