Laugh-O-Gram Studio
The Laugh-O-Gram Studio was an independent American animation studio founded by Walt Disney on June 28, 1921 and closed on October 16, 1923. It was located on the second floor of the McConahay Building in Kansas City, Missouri, as a key early venture for Disney and his recruited pioneers of animation, including Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and Friz Freleng.Photo: Iknowthegoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Recording studio
- Description: animation studio founded by Walt Disney in 1922
- Address: 2nd Floor, 1127 East 31st Street, Kansas City, MO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include McConahay Building and National World War I Museum and Memorial.
McConahay Building
Historic building
Photo: Iknowthegoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The McConahay Building in Kansas City, Missouri is a two-story Tapestry Brick building designed by prominent Kansas City architect Nelle E. Peters in 1922.
National World War I Museum and Memorial
Park
University Health Truman Medical Center
Hospital
University Health Truman Medical Center, previously Truman Medical Center–Hospital Hill, is a 238-bed acute care and outpatient hospital located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. University Health Truman Medical Center is situated 1 mile north of Laugh-O-Gram Studio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hospital Hill and Westport.
Hospital Hill
Neighborhood
Hospital Hill is a neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri. The neighborhood is located between 22nd Street to 25th Street and Gillham Road to Troost Avenue.
Westport
Suburb
Photo: Iknowthegoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westport is a historic neighborhood and a main entertainment district in Kansas City, Missouri. In the early 19th century, West Port was settled by a group led by American pioneer and tribal missionary Reverend Isaac McCoy, who brought his son John Calvin McCoy as surveyor, and his son-in-law Reverend Johnston Lykins who bought the land. Westport is situated 1½ miles southwest of Laugh-O-Gram Studio.
18th and Vine
Neighborhood
Photo: SakuraAvalon86, CC BY-SA 3.0.
18th and Vine is a neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It is internationally recognized as a historical point of origin of jazz music and a historic hub of African-American businesses. 18th and Vine is situated 2 miles northeast of Laugh-O-Gram Studio.
Laugh-O-Gram Studio
- Categories: film studio, animation studio, and historic site
- Location: Kaw Township, Jackson County, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.07036° or 39° 4′ 13″ northLongitude
-94.57029° or 94° 34′ 13″ westOpen location code
86F73CCH+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 11731626786OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=studioOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q2088225
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Ukrainian—“Laugh-O-Gram Studio” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Asturian: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Basque: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Catalan: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Chinese: “室欢笑动画工作室”
- Danish: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Dutch: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- French: “Laugh-O-Gram Films”
- French: “Laugh-O-Gram”
- French: “Laugh-O-Grams”
- Galician: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- German: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Hungarian: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Ido: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Italian: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Japanese: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Japanese: “ラフォグラム・フィルム”
- Korean: “래프 오 그램 스튜디오”
- Malay: “Laugh O Gram Studio”
- Malay: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Persian: “استودیو لف-او-گرم”
- Polish: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Portuguese: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Russian: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Sicilian: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Spanish: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Swedish: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Turkish: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
- Ukrainian: “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”
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