Pinocchio is a 1940 animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney
Productions and based on the story The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo
Collodi. It is the second animated feature film produced by Disney. Made
after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio was
released to theaters by RKO Radio Pictures. The world premier was at
the Center Theatre in Manhattan.

Walt Disney with a promotional drawing of Pinocchio

The Elk statue at SW Main in Portland, 1900

The statue today

The Elk fountain was given to the city by David P. Thompson. He arrived in Portland driving sheep over the Oregon Trail. He served as Portland’s mayor from 1879-1882
and was founder and director of the Oregon Humane Society.

         
           David Preston Thompson (1834–1901)

Betsy Ross (born Elizabeth Griscom) also known by her second and 
third married names Elizabeth Ashburn and Elizabeth Claypoole. 

                               (January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836)  

Ross was a seamstress who owned and operated an upholstery shop with
her husband. She was commissioned by George Washington to design and 
make the first American flag in 1776. Betsy Ross has become a significant
symbol in American history.
 

Painting of Betsy Ross showing Washington the finished Stars and Stripes

        Robert LeRoy Ripley (December 25, 1890 – May 27, 1949)

Ripley first called his cartoon feature, originally involving sports feats, Champs
and Chumps, premiering in the New York Globe. He soon began adding items
unrelated to sports, and in October 1919, he changed the title to Believe It or
Not.

Feb. 1937