Original photograph showing an aerial view of Universal Pictures, 1946

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1946. Vintage publicity photograph showing an aerial view of Universal Pictures film studios in 1946. File stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso.

Universal merged with Rank and International in 1946, resulting in Universal-International Pictures, led by William Goetz, co-founder of International and son-in-law of Louis Mayer.

From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

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