A personal book editorial investigating Walt Disney’s Opening Speech for Disneyland on July 17th, 1955. The book contains the Disneyland Opening speech interspersed between two supplementary articles to provide greater depth into the Disneyland’s opening day.
I paired “Disneyland got off to a nightmare start in 1955, but ‘Walt’s Folly’ quickly won over fans” by Brady MacDonald and “How Disney Came to Define What Constitutes the American Experience” by Bethanee Bemis with Walt's opening speech. The two articles paired highlights the immense influence Disneyland has built that defined the image of the American Dream today.
Drawings sourced from “The Illusion of Life” by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas to serve as the beautiful imaginative part Disney prides itself upon and highlight the drawings during spreads featuring the speech.
