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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
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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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