The Newlywed's Pests [The Newlyweds and Their Child]

Universal City: Universal Pictures, Circa 1929. Vintage borderless portrait photograph of "Sunny" Jim McKeen by photographer Ray Jones, from the 1929 comedy short. Jones' signature etched in the negative on the lower right, with children's illustrations also etched into the negative about the child. With a mimeo snipe on the verso, here under the working title "The Newlyweds and Their Child."

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.

Based on the George McManus comic strip "The Newlyweds," created in 1904. One of a series of 39 comic shorts which featured "Sunny" Jim McKeen as Baby Snookums.

8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

[Book #165828]