Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Disney presenting a Mickey Mouse retirement award to the photo's recipient, Fred Schlatter, the longtime gardener at Walt Disney Studios, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink "To Fred—with all best, Walt.” In very good to fine condition, with some staining to the surface, visible at an angle.
The recipient, Fred Schlatter, was the gardener for Walt Disney Studios, whose name appeared in the first issue of The Bulletin (January 6, 1939), an in-house Disney company newspaper that explained Schlatter's amazing ability to concoct gags for the Donald Duck strip.
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