In this episode, Michael and Craig discuss the importance of Walt's Model Shop and the impact Fred Joerger, Harriet Burns, and Wathel Rogers had on it.

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Books/Magazines:

Walt Disney’s Imagineering Legends and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park by Jeff Kurtti

The “E” Ticket Magazine Number 44: Walt’s Model Shop

Websites/Articles:

We Wouldn’t Have Disneyland Without These 5 Imagineers by Molly McCormack for AllEars

The Early Days of Audio-Animatronics by Keith Gluck for The Walt Disney Family Museum

A Feathered Family: Creating the Birds of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room by Sophie Jo for the Walt Disney Family Museum

Walt Disney Legend Fred Joerger: D23.com

Fred Joerger Obituary – Los Angeles Times Archives

Fred Joerger Obituary – Washington Post (May be behind a paywall)

Former Lakeview Terrace Home of Early Imagineer Fred Joerger asks $2.7 million, Los Angeles Daily News

Disney’s Master of Illusion Fred Joerger, University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering

Harriet Burns Official Website

The Finishing Touch of Harriet Burns, Walt’s Folly: The History, Ideas, and People Who Built Disneyland

Disney Legend Wathel Rogers, D23.com

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