1935 Walt Disney Studio (Hyperion Ave.) ad

Here's a great 1935 magazine ad for GE light bulbs that shows a camera stand inside Disney's Hyperion Avenue studio. Not sure how many cameras the studio had in operation at this time. Maybe this was the only one. 

Regardless, there are two great Silly Symphony posters in the background: King Neptune on the left, and, the first Technicolor three-process color cartoon, Flowers and Trees, on the right. There is also what appears to be a Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse doll on the right, and a Knickerbocker Minnie Mouse doll on the left.

I love seeing these early images of the Hyperion Studio - this is where the foundation of the present day studio came to be - where many of the great innovations in the cartoon industry were either invented or exploited. 

Work continues on my book detailing the history of the Hyperion location of the Walt Disney Studio. Myself and three other researchers have been working on this project for well over a year now. If you have any interesting items to share, please email me. We're always on the hunt for photographs, staff newsletters, inter-office communications, letters, and anything else of interest.