Extraordinary vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 13.5 studio portrait of Jones by renowned Hollywood photographer Elmer Fryer, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Doc Salomon, With best wishes, Rob't T. Jones, Jr.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, faint silvering in his hair, and light overall rippling from old mounting residue on the reverse. One of the first employees of Warner Bros., A. M. 'Doc' Salomon joined the Burbank studio in 1918, working his way from janitor to general manager. He eventually took over the studio in Teddington, England, and played played a pivotal role in integrating sound effects into film. During WWII he was recording the sounds of V-2 rockets when, on July 5, 1944, the studio was struck and he was killed in the attack. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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