Will Rogers Autographed Disney Collage

Presented is a unique collage featuring both a signature by Will Rogers and a Disney animation drawing of the famous entertainer. The postal cover is signed by Rogers in dark ink at the top left and addressed to Thomas A. Edwards. The letter is cancelled in Beverly Hills on April 25, 1930. Just above the postal cover is an animation drawing depicting Mickey Mouse and the caricatured Will Rogers for the Disney short Mickey’s Gala Premier. Will Rogers was a respected and loved Cherokee Indian cowboy, humorist, political commentator, roper, and entertainer. Rogers was born in 1879 in the Cherokee nation of Indian Territory, near what is now Oologa. The Oklahoma cowboy became a worldwide celebrity. Behind the façade lay a complex man who, despite his lack of formal education, had a grasp on literature, modern psychology, and world politics. Equally at home with cowboys and presidents, Will engaged in the larger arena of life. The Disney short, Mickey’s Gala Premier, was a big success and