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Yes. At the Academy Awards on February 23, 1939, Walt Disney received a special award for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs comprising one full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniatures.
The Academy's ceremony record documents the presentation. The Walt Disney Family Museum describes the standard statuette above seven smaller figures on a stepped base, while the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County independently confirms the unusual award.
The eight figures formed a single honorary award. Their number should not be confused with eight separate competitive Oscar victories; the miniature figures represented the film's seven dwarfs.
The award really featured eight statuettes, but they represented one honorary recognition.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The ceremony archive dates the event to February 23, 1939, and records Disney receiving one statuette and seven miniatures for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Based on: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Walt Disney Family Museum
The museum describes a standard Oscar above seven miniature figures representing the dwarfs, assembled on a stepped base as an honorary award.
Based on: The Walt Disney Family Museum
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The museum's historical account confirms that Disney received a special Oscar and seven miniature figures for the film in 1939.
Based on: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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