Nestor Motion Picture Company - Dec (23 or 25), 1911 : Ranch location [Providencia Land and Water Development Company Property - San Fernando Valley] [ Nestor Filmmakers at the Forest Lawn Site] © Dickens Archives © Universal Archives Collection see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
Nestor Motion Picture Company [Providencia Land and Water Development Company Property - San Fernando Valley] © Dickens Archives © Universal Archives Collection see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
Universal City - Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills The Providencia Land and Water Development Company property was used as a location for some early motion pictures. In particular, it was used for the battle scenes in Birth of a Nation. In 1912 Carl Laemmle (IMP) Universal Pictures took over the assets of Nestor Studios and named this area Universal City. The photograph of this area can be seen in Los Angeles Library archives: "A Birds Eye View of Universal City": [Oak Crest Ranch - San Fernando Valley] © Dickens Archives © Universal Archives Collection see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
Nestor Studios : Ranch Location [Providencia Land and Water Development Company Property - San Fernando Valley] Universal City Oct 12 ,1912 © Dickens Archives © Universal Archives Collection see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
Birds Eye View Universal City 1913 Los Angles Library Collection [Providencia Land and Water Development Company Property - San Fernando Valley] © Dickens Archives © Universal Archives Collection see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
(Golden) Oak (Crest) Ranch see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
" Universal Studios Studio Tour Booklet " © Dickens Archives © Universal Archives Collection see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
Taylor Ranch tract 278 - Studio front Lot The Lankersism property included the former Taylor, Boag, Davis and Hershey Ranch - Lankershism The first Universal City (Oak Crest Ranch) was located at Forest lawn east of today studio. "It opened in August 1912" the former nestor ranch (Providencia Ranch) see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
Universal City [Lankershism Land and Water Development Company Property - San Fernando Valley] © Dickens Archives © Universal Archives Collection see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
Oak Crest Ranch Universal Ranch - Universal City 1912 see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
Oak Crest Ranch - Universal Ranch see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the opening day of the Universal Ranch - Oak Crest Ranch
see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details Nestor and Christie using the old Universal Plant
see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on the four ranches. taylor ranch was tract 275
Nestor Ranch - Universal Ranch - Lasky Ranch see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details on Universal in 1912
see * Early Universal City - by Robert S. Birchard for more details
