A Brief Timeline of the Studios and their Owners The Studios by Decade Pre 1900 1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-2019 2020-2029 Click a decade link above or a studio link below to read about it Before 1900 Before 1900 Hollywood Southern California Edendale Before Hollywood Fort Lee and all of New Jersey New York NY City and State Illinois, Penn. Midwest-Rust Belt Jacksonville Florida and Sun Belt The West CA, AZ, NM, WA Edison's Black MariaWest Orange, NJ1893-1901 Lubin's Rooftop StudioArch St., Philadelphia1897-1902 Before 1900 Hollywood Southern California Edendale Before Hollywood Fort Lee and all of New Jersey New York NY City and State Illinois, Penn. Midwest-Rust Belt Jacksonville Florida and Sun Belt The West CA, AZ, NM, WA