Abraham Lincoln returned to mechanical life for World’s Fair audiences, thanks to one of his biggest fans.
by Rich Watson
Walt Disney was an integral part of the creation of the 1964 New York World’s Fair. The filmmaker and animator helped design and create pavilions for a number of corporate clients. The song “It’s a Small World,” written by the Sherman Brothers for the Fair, became an iconic theme at Disney’s theme parks.
He also spearheaded a new form of technology used to bring an American president back to life, after a fashion, a century after his death.
