The Mousecar is an in-house award given by The Walt Disney Company for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. The award was first presented by Disney founder Walt Disney to his brother Roy O. Disney in 1947.Mousecars and Ducksters.
In 2005, Riley Thomson's Mousecar was auctioned for $5,358.#611: Gorgeous Inscribed "Mousecar" Award with Facsimile Roy and Walt Disney Signature on Plaque In 2013 Bernie Cobb's Mousecar was auctioned for $8,531.Coveted Mousecar Disney Mickey Mouse Award
Origin of the word "Mousecar" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Mouse" (as in Mickey Mouse).
List of recipients
Louis Armstrong Bernie Cobb Marc Davis Roy O. Disney Bob Dorfman Jim Gardner Kathie Lee Gifford Manuel Gonzales Benny Goodman Floyd Gottfredson Winnie Grosso Dick Huemer Lucille Ogle Zack Schaja Sherman Brothers Robert Stevenson Riley Thomson Bob Weis Walt Disney Imagineering Elmo Williams Ed Wynn
During the studio's 50th anniversary in 1973 special Mousecars were given to every employee who had worked at the original Disney Studio on Hyperion Street (1929-1939) in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles,The Walt Disney Hyperion Studios. 1929-1939, the Foundation of an Empire designating them members of the exclusive Hyperion Club.Mousecar
See also Disney Legends Duckster
References
External links Photo from the October 1963 party in the Penthouse Club at the Disney Studio where Mousecars and Ducksters were presented to Disney comic strip writers and artists (left to right: Bob Karp, Walt Disney, Floyd Gottfredson, Al Taliaferro, Manuel Gonzales and Roy O. Disney) Dick Huemer in the Penthouse Club 1973 (left to right: Jack Cutting, Bill Cottrell, Huemer and Les Clark.