Project
American Icons: The Disney Parks
Division of Public Programs
![The Disney empire began at Disneyland in Orange County, California, in 1955](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-09/disneyland.jpg?itok=jEAByTBi)
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The Disney empire began at Disneyland in Orange County, California, in 1955.
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![The Disney empire began at Disneyland in Orange County, California, in 1955](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-09/disneyland.jpg?itok=jEAByTBi)
Photo caption
The Disney empire began at Disneyland in Orange County, California, in 1955.
Courtesy of Library of Congress
America's vision of Utopia. Listen to an NEH-funded Studio 360 podcast on the ways Walt Disney has shaped our imaginations.