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Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago Illinois, to his father Elias Disney, and mother Flora Call Disney. Walt had three brothers, Herbert, Raymond, and Roy, and had one sister, Ruth. After Walt's birth, the Disney family moved to Marceline, Missouri, where Walt lived most of his childhood. Walt had very early interests in art; he would often sell drawings to neighbors to make extra money. He pursued his art career by studying art and photography in McKinley High School in Chicago.
Walt began to love, and appreciate nature and wildlife, and his family and community, which were a large part of agrarian living. Though his father could be quite stern, and often there was little money, Walt was encouraged by his mother, and older brother, Roy to pursue his talents in art.
When Disney was 16, his brother Roy decided to fight in World War I. He was too young to join, but he still wanted to be close to his brother. So when he heard that ambulance drivers for the......

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