Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. was a film and television actor best known for his portrayals
of Davy Crockett in ABC/Walt Disney mini-series (1955-1956) and as NBC-TV’s
Daniel Boone (1964-1970). Parker was also known as a wine maker and a resort
owner-operator.

1954

On August 3, 1933, the first Mickey Mouse watch was introduced by the Ingersoll Waterbury Clock Co. of Waterbury, Conn. and Walt Disney Productions at the
Chicago Exposition ‘Century of Progress’. The original Mickey Mouse watch was
priced at $3.25 and later lowered to $2.95. A pocket watch version (shown below)
was also made available around the same time for the price of $1.50.

Flowers and Trees is a 1932 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney. It
was released to theaters by United Artists on July 30, 1932. The short was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full Technicolor process. Flowers
and Trees was a commercial and critical success, winning the first Academy Award
for Animated Short Subjects.

Clarabell the Clown (Bob Keeshan) with Howdy Doody  show host Buffalo
Bob Smith. 

An unidentified fan looks on as Clarabell (Keeshan) removes his make up
after the a show around 1952.

The Gene Autry Show is a western/ cowboy television series which aired for
91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally
sponsored by Wrigley’s Doublemint  chewing gum. The series ran for 5
seasons. The first 4 were in black and white, and the final season, 13
episodes, was in color. Color was experimented with in two or three
episodes of the first season. The theme song Back In the Saddle
Again was written by Autry and Ray Whitley and sung by Gene
Autry. The Gene Autry Show had a 26 episode prime-time spin-
off called The Adventures of Champion from 1955 to 1956.