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[WALT DISNEY STUDIOS]. [AUTOMOBILES]. Press Photo of Two Women in a 1900 Oldsmobile with Two Mickey Mouse Stuffed Animals. [San Francisco: Examiner Reference Library, June 20, 1932]. Black-and-white photo of two women wearing mouse ears (not Mickey Mouse ears) at the Reno Gold Rush July 22-23-24, with printed caption affixed to verso. Approximately 201 x 251 mm. Photo toned, some marginal creasing, lower right corner chipped (very little loss to image). From caption on verso: “All togged out for the occasion these two misses and their strange escorts will take their horseless carriage and hie away to Reno for the Auto Round-up and Gold Rush celebration July 22-24. It will be Reno’s celebration of the 83rd anniversary of the discovery of gold in Nevada.” An early photo appearance of the iconic Mickey Mouse stuffed animals (the dolls were first commercially produced in 1931, and sewing patterns for these dolls were first released in 1932).