The Mousecar is an in-house award given by The Walt Disney Company for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. The award was first presented by Disney founder Walt Disney to his brother Roy O. Disney in 1947.[1]
In 2005, Riley Thomson's Mousecar was auctioned for $5,358.[2] In 2013 Bernie Cobb's Mousecar was auctioned for $8,531.[3]
"Mousecar" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Mouse" (as in Mickey Mouse).[1]
During the studio's 50th anniversary in 1973 special Mousecars were given to every employee who had worked at the original Disney Studio on Hyperion Street (1929-1939) in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles,[4] designating them members of the exclusive Hyperion Club.[5]