Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 981 – John Hanny and the Chicago Service Studios, 1918

Drypigment.net: When there is a major disruption in production, industries change for the better or worse. WWI, the measles epidemic, the Spanish flu and the 1920-1921 recession all hit in a relatively short period of time. Factor in prohibition and it may have seemed like the end of the world. Many studios did not weather these storms.