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Photograph caption dated September 9, 1958 reads, "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck issue from the ink wells of the artists who work in this Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studio in Burbank. The executive offices are also housed in the building. It is one of 67 buildings on the 51-acre lot." Walt Disney planned a new million-dollar studio complex in Burbank with profits from Snow White. Kem Weber (architect and interior designer) worked with James Lill (structural engineer) to design the 51-acre campus. Many of the buildings were linked together by an underground tunnel and all of the utilities were placed underground. In December of 1939 employees began the move from the Hyperion studios to the facilities at 500 South Buena Vista Street.