Group 7-2416
Here's a rarity from the late 1970s -- a self-published, unauthorized fanzine, devoted to WALT DISNEY in general, and MICKEY MOUSE in particular. This brief, short-lived 'zine featured b&w photos of classic DISNEY toys, books and other DISNEYANA, plus interviews with other collectors of DISNEYANA, plus advertisements and a letters column. However, it apparently did not last a full year -- issue #7 features condensed comments from the legal department at the WALT DISNEY CORPORATION, suggesting that the contents of MICKEY'S MONTHLY poses trademark violations with WDC, and hints that future publications would be found vigorously disagreeable. So check out what all the fuss was about; and decide for yourself:
Yoo-Hoo!. . .
1930's German-Language Postcard
MICKEY MOUSE WASHER -- OHIO ART COMPANY, mid-1930s
MICKEY MOUSE SPINNING TOP -- FRITZ BUESCHEL CO. (NJ), about 1935
MICKEY MOUSE COLORING BOOK -- SAALFIELD PUBLISHING Co., 1931
Letters To The Editor (Including a veiled "Cease & Desist" letter from PETER F. NOLAN, Legal Counsel for WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS, with a follow-up "work-around" idea from publisher STEVE STYRON (which no doubt did NOT please either PETER F. NOLAN or WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS!
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MICKEY MOUSE and DONALD DUCK BEETLEWARE CEREAL BOWL store display, advertising POST 40% BRAN FLAKES & POST GRAPE-NUTS FLAKES -- late 1930s
WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE -- MICKEY'S GARDEN -- reproduction from March 1935 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING magazine
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Subscription form with mailing label
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