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Title
Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studio, Burbank
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1951
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Walt Disney planned a new million-dollar studio complex in Burbank with profits from Snow White. Kem Weber (architect and interior designer) worked with James Lill (structural engineer) to design the 51-acre campus. Many of the buildings were linked together by an underground tunnel and all of the utilities were placed underground. In December of 1939 employees began the move from the Hyperion studios to the facilities located at 500 South Buena Vista Street.
Photograph caption dated March 3, 1951 reads, "Here hundreds of story men, animators, musicians, and artists work."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;8 x 15 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00044545
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d029_f3_i22
CARL0000048029
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/41217
Subject
Walt Disney Productions
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Motion picture studios--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Weber, Kem,1889-1963

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