ACME Newspictures sometimes credited as Acme News Photos was a United States-based

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that operated from 1923 to 1952.

History

ACME operated from 1923 to 1951, under the auspices of

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. Earlier it was known as United Newspictures. It was bought out by

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in December 1951. Corbis has some of the images in its collection, while some are held by the

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. ACME Newspictures was located at 220 E 42nd Street, New York, NY. Phone number was MUrray Hill 2-3191.

Name

*Acme News *Acme News Photos *Acme Newspictures *Acme Photographs *Acme Photos *Acme Telephoto

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