Los Feliz in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio
Photographed by Craig Baker
1. Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio Marker
In honor of Walt and Roy O. Disney, who opened their first studio at this location in 1923.
Erected 2024 by City of Los Angeles.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Entertainment • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.
Location. 34° 6.166′ N, 118° 17.477′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Los Feliz. It is at the intersection of Vermont Avenue and Kingswell Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Vermont Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4647 Kingswell Ave, Los Angeles CA 90027, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in California’s Transverse Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Arts and Crafts Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hollyhock House (approx. Ό mile away); Barnsdall Art Park (approx. Ό mile away); Villa di Feliza (approx. Ό mile away); Charlotte and Robert Disney House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hollywood Sikh Temple (approx. 0.3 miles away); Kaiser Permanente (approx. 0.3 miles away); St. Mary of the Angels Church (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.
More about this marker. There are two identical markers on Vermont at Kingswell, with one facing north and the other facing south.
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Regarding Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio. Founded as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in 1923, renamed Walt Disney Studio in 1926 and incorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929, the studio was dedicated to producing short films until it entered feature production in 1934, resulting in 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, one of the first full-length animated feature films and the first U.S.-based one.
Kansas City natives Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney founded Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Los Angeles in 1923 and got their start producing a series of silent Alice Comedies short films featuring a live-action child actress in an animated world. The Alice Comedies were distributed by Margaret J. Winkler's Winkler Pictures, which later also distributed a second Disney short subject series, the all-animated Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, through Universal Pictures starting in 1927.
When they moved to California, the Disney brothers initially started working in their uncle Robert Disney's garage at 4406 Kingswell Avenue, then, in October 1923, formally launched their studio in a small office on the rear side of a real estate agency's office at 4651 Kingswell Avenue. In February 1924, the studio moved next door to office space of its own at 4649 Kingswell
Photographed by Craig Baker, June 21, 2025
2. Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio Marker
In 1925, Disney put down a deposit on a new location at 2719 Hyperion Avenue in the nearby Silver Lake neighborhood, which came to be known as the Hyperion Studio to distinguish it from the studio's other locations, and, in January 1926, the studio moved there and took on the name Walt Disney Studio.
With the success of Snow White, Disney needed more space for production. They moved from Hyperion to Burbank in the 1940s.
-from Wikipedia
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. - Disney studio locations.
Photographed by Craig Baker, June 21, 2025
3. Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio Marker
Photographed by Craig Baker, June 21, 2025
4. Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio and Marker
The marker is at far left. The studio was at far right.
Photographed by Craig Baker
5. Disney Bros. Footptints
Painted on the sidewalk where they stood for a photo in front of their new studio in 1923.
courtesy D23
6. Disney Bros. at their Cartoon Studio - 1923
Photographed by Craig Baker, June 21, 2025
7. Disney Home
Their uncle Robert Disney's house and garage at 4406 Kingswell Avenue.
Photographed by Craig Baker, June 21, 2025
8. Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio Marker
Identical sign in the window of the Robert Disney house.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2025, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 267 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 9, 2025, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 3, 4. submitted on June 24, 2025, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 5, 6. submitted on May 9, 2025, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 7, 8. submitted on June 24, 2025, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.
