Pickford-Fairbanks Studio 1920s Photo A
This is an original 20" x 11"photograph of the University of Nebraska Track Team during a visit to the Pickford-Fairbanks Studio in West Hollywood, California, in the 1920s.
The image shows members of the Nebraska track team posing alongside legendary silent film star Douglas Fairbanks (seated in the front row, fourth from the left, wearing ornate costume-like attire). The backdrop is a soundstage at the Pickford-Fairbanks Studio, which was founded in 1919 by Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith as part of United Artists. In the 1920s, it was common for prominent sports teams or traveling groups to visit major film studios, often meeting the era's biggest celebrities like Fairbanks and Pickford, who were considered Hollywood's first "power couple".