2024-05-02T17:30:24-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149972646/fascinating-photos-of-disney-s-magic-kingdom-under-construction Alexander Walter 2016-10-07T14:11:00-04:00 >2016-10-10T23:03:09-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/qt/qtnrhn8p444a1pq0.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>After her grandparents passed away, Kelly Wise Valdes found a treasure trove of candid pictures taken by her grandfather, Chester "Chet" Wise, a master craftsman and woodworker who worked on the construction of the Magic Kingdom in Florida. [...] Thousands of construction workers were there during the Magic Kingdom construction. Disney kept a small handful of these master craftsmen and made them full-time Disney employees, and my grandfather was one of the chosen few.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/07/075pwvd1qpghrfsj.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/8c/8ckshzhrk03c0dnn.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/v2/v2ti3ug40722mz34.jpg"></p><p>Click <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/29/travel/tbt-disney-magic-kingdom-under-construction/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here </a>to find more photos. All images via cnn.com, courtesy of&nbsp;Kelly Wise Valdes.</p><p>Related stories in the Archinect news:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/134649668/relatively-soon-in-a-galaxy-not-so-far-far-away-announcing-star-wars-lands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Relatively soon, in a galaxy (not so) far far away: announcing Star Wars Lands</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149972646/fascinating-photos-of-disney-s-magic-kingdom-under-construction" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keeping the Disneyland magic alive, by limiting neighbors' building heights</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/42229197/all-the-lights-of-the-kingdom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All the Lights of the Kingdom</a></li></ul>