Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studio, Washington Boulevard, looking northeast

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Aerial view of the Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studio lot, located at 10202 Washington Boulevard in Culver City view is looking northeast. Washington Boulevard peeks out from upper left corner and Culver Boulevard is visible at upper right corner. Several soundstages, sets and other buildings are tightly, yet neatly, situated throughout. Photograph was taken for Flintkote. Photograph dated February 26, 1960. The vast studios of Metro Goldwyn Mayer first began as Triangle Pictures in 1915. The first building on the lot was the huge white edifice with classical colonnades fronting Washington Street and was built even before MGM owned the lot. Metro Goldwyn Mayer was founded in 1924 when entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures (founded in 1916), Goldwyn Pictures Corporation (founded in 1917) and Louis B. Mayer Pictures (founded in 1918). During its heyday, MGM was the most powerful studio in Hollywood and produced approximately fifty pictures a year.