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Trolley Troubles
Oswald's first ride.
What
A 1927 poster for Trolley Troubles, the first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, credited on Commons to Ub Iwerks.
Why
Walt Disney directed it for Winkler Pictures and Universal released it on 5 September 1927; it launched the careers of Disney and his animators.
Notice
Oswald is the whole sheet; the rabbit came a year before the mouse.
“Before Mickey, a rabbit”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Trolley Troubles (1927), dir. Walt Disney
- Country / studio
- United States · Winkler Pictures / Universal Pictures
- Designer
- Ub Iwerks
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. theatrical poster, 1927
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
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