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Title	Goofy figure
Subject	Goofy (Fictitious character) Cartoon characters Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 Withers, Jane, 1926-
Description	This Goofy is a prototype character doll designed by Walt Disney in 1935. Originally known as Mickey's sidekick, "Dippy the Dawg" Goofy was created in 1932 by Disney animator Art Babbitt. Dippy made his first appearance as a fully developed character in the film "Mickey's Service Station" (1935). As of 1995, Dippy/Goofy had appeared in 87 movies, growing from a bumbling barnyard character into a gung-ho suburban anti-hero who approached life with great enthusiasm and greater incompetence. The circa 1935 toy, today known as "Goofy" was one of hundreds of dolls from child movie star Jane Withers' massive collection. Withers, a contemporary of and co-star with Shirley Temple, starred in 36 films between 1934 and '43, and her collection was a reflection of those times. Dollmaker Madame Alexander honored Jane Withers' popularity by creating a celebrity doll in her likeness in 1937. According to Withers, the stuffed Goofy is a prototype given to her by Walt Disney on a day he picnicked with her near some California orange groves and envisioned with her his plans for an amusement park there. She says, "I admired Walt Disney so much and we were grand friends....At the end of the day he gave me this wonderful Goofy and said it was the first model of a line of comic character dolls he had designed. I've always cherished it." The gifting was also captured in a black and white photograph that came with the doll.
Photographer	Kaveney, Wendy
Identifier	2004.52.1
Collection	Artifacts at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights	This file is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

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Photographer	Kaveney, Wendy
Collection	Artifacts at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights	This file is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

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