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Various buildings in and around Universal Studios

Description: Item 106. Railway of Universal City Studios trolley Items 107-118. Promotional color photographs of Victoria Station railroad themed restaurant. 1970s Items 119-123. Architectural models and drawings Items 124-128. Bank of America Item 129. Lankershim Boulevard near Cahuenga Boulevard Item 130. Sheraton-Universal building. Item 131. Contact sheet of views of Universal City
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1960s-1970s
Call number: photCL 240
Creator: Dorskind, Albert A(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Albert A. Dorskind, 1982, 1991, 1994.
Associated people: Dorskind, Albert A.,
Associated organization: William L. Pereira Associates-Planners-Architects-Engineers,

Construction views of Universal Studios backlot

Visual Materials

This collection chiefly contains studio-produced press photographs of the development of the Universal Pictures movie studio, MCA-Universal Studios, the Universal Studios Tour, and Universal City in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, 1910s - 1990s. These materials were acquired and collected by Albert A. Dorskind during his tenure as an executive at MCA Inc. While many of the photographs depict locations and events of the 1910s-1960s, they are all 8 x 10-inch reproduction photographs. Views include early filmmaking, street sets and backlots, studio facilities and buildings, personnel (including studio heads Carl Laemmle and Lew Wasserman), and photographs of architectural drawings. The collection includes a portfolio of photographs of concept designs by architects William L. Pereira Associates for the MCA Sheraton Hotel No. 2 (later known as the Sheraton Premiere Hotel) in Universal City; a bound book of photographs of Universal Studios backlot locations; and five VHS-format audiovisual cassette tapes of Universal Studios history and 80th Anniversary celebrations (1985,1994).

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Early views of Universal Studios studio personnel and various buildings on the lot [reproductions]

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8 x 10-inch black-and-white publicity photographs chiefly made in the 1970s-1980s of early views. All have the imprint: "© Universal Pictures" and a "UC-" photograph number written on the image.

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Universal City Recreation Development Report

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Various views of Universal Pictures studios, backlots, filmmaking, and environs

Visual Materials

All 8 x 10-inch black-and-white publicity photographs. All have the imprint: "© Universal Pictures" and a "UC-" photograph number written on the image. Includes images of Carl Laemmle, Lew Wasserman and other personnel, and scenes of the development of Universal City Plaza in 1964.

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William L. Pereira Associates, MCA Sheraton Hotel No. 2, Universal City, California

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Presentation portfolio for William L. Pereira Associates, MCA Sheraton Hotel No. 2, Universal City, California, containing 28 8 x 10-inch prints of models and architectural renderings and drawings of the hotel.

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Albert A. Dorskind Collection of Universal City Photographs

Visual Materials

This collection chiefly contains studio-produced press photographs covering the development of Universal Pictures, MCA Inc. and Universal Studios, the Universal Studios Tour, and photographs and materials showing the development of Universal City, California in the late 1950s-1970s. These materials were acquired and collected by Albert A. Dorskind (1922-2004) during his tenure as an executive at MCA Inc. While many of the photographs depict locations and events of the 1910s-1960s, they are all 8x10-inch reproduction photographs most likely made in the 1970s-1990s. The images include views of early filmmaking, street sets and backlots, studio facilities and buildings, personnel, and photographs of architectural drawings. The collection includes a portfolio of photographs of concept designs and models by William L. Pereira Associates for the MCA Sheraton Hotel No. 2 (later known as the Sheraton Premiere Hotel) in Universal City. When it was built in 1984, the hotel was considered among the most luxurious in Los Angeles, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times, July 11, 1986. There is also a bound book of photographs of Universal Studios backlot locations, and five VHS-format audiovisual cassette tapes of Universal Studios history and 80th Anniversary celebrations (1985; 1994).

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Various buildings in and around Universal Studios

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Albert A. Dorskind Collection of Universal City Photographs