walt disney
Walt came back to the States in 1919. He headed for Kansas City to look
for work as an artist.
His first job was at Gray’s
Advertising Company. There he
met another young artist by the
name of Ub Iwerks.
A small newspaper gave them
some office space in exchange for
artwork. Walt bought supplies with
money he had saved. They were in
business!
We got two new
ads today.
A few months
later, they went out of business.
By December, both Walt and Ub
and been laid off.
Why don’t we start our
own business? We could
do ads and letterheads
and things like that.
Sure!
Why
not?
Walt and Ub were not doing well
when they heard of a job opening at
the Kansas City Film Ad Company.
Forty dollars
a week! That’s
more than we
both make
together!
Why don’t
you take
the job? I’ll
stay over
here.
Disney convinced the company to
hire Ub too.