Today marks the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Walt Disney Company. We look back at a photograph of Walt Disney with his little 8mm movie camera — on a beach in Brazil, of all places.
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Group portrait of the entire Walt Disney World staff, including cast of costumed Disney characters standing in front of Cinderella Castle prior to the grand opening of the amusement park in 1971. Be sure to check out the new LIFE book, “Mickey Mouse at 90” - more images in our story today and link in bio to purchase the book. (Photo by Yale Joel—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #MickeyMouse #LIFEbooks #TBT
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On July 27, 1956, Vice President Richard Nixon received this letter from Walt Disney requesting an interview on the “Mickey Mouse Club” television show. Disney prompted Nixon to answer the question “When I grow up, Mr. Nixon, why should I be a republican?” in “three sentences or less.”
Disney wanted to film Nixon’s response while he was in San Francisco for the 1956 Republican National Convention. Unfortunately, as the handwritten note on this letter suggests, Nixon was unable to accept Disney’s invitation due to scheduling conflicts. However, in 1958, Nixon managed to squeeze in a visit to the Mousketeers.
Image: “Letter from Walt Disney to Richard Nixon,” 7/25/1956.
“Over the long term horizon, we’ve got to get this debt under control and the only way to do that is entitlement reform,” Ryan said in an interview on Fox Business. “That’s why we’re never going to give up on entitlement reform.”
via Washington Examiner.
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Speaker Ryan and his GOP colleagues continue to voice their support for earned benefits and health care cuts.
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“Books are always faithful friends and ever cheerful companions.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941. #ReadABookDay
National Book Lovers Day!
The books housed at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum were apart of FDR’s personal library of over 22,000 volumes. He personally selected the volumes to be stored here.
FDR collected works of literature, history, economics, politics, and biography, as well as miniature books, children’s books, and mystery novels. He had a particular interest in books about his native Dutchess County and the American sailing navy. A knowledgeable collector in these areas, he searched catalogs and book seller inventories for titles to add to his library. Many were also given to him as gifts. It was his custom to sign and date the inside of his books when he acquired them, and he even designed a special book plate for his Naval Collection.
During the 1950s-1960s SSA published a series of comic books on Social Security-related topics, in an effort to reach the youth audience, which in those days used comic books as their hottest medium of communication.
This comic is from 1956.
If you’re wondering where you can find some comic books based on Social Security, well, we found it for you.
It’s #NationalBookMobileDay!
Excerpted from “The Day the Books Went Blank”
Series: Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities , 1982 - 1999. Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 2003. National Archives Identifier: 52738
The New Hampshire State Library Bookmobile, as featured in “The Day the Books Went Blank”, a 1961 educational film intended to show the importance of maintaining quality libraries, from The Library Extension Agencies of the six New England States.
New research demonstrates the science behind why coloring books are so therapeutic
Besides the fun of feeling like a 5-year-old again, coloring books are said to promote mindfulness and reduce stress. It’s really no wonder everyone loves them. In a recent study published in the journal Art Therapy, it was revealed that coloring stimulates an important stress-inhibiting mechanism in the human body.
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A great graphic for this week’s celebration of Social Security’s 80th Anniversary!
(Thank you U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders for this graphic!)