File:MOT-Sound-Team.jpg

DescriptionMOT-Sound-Team.jpg	English: Promotional photograph of sound effects team for The March of Time radio series, CBS Radio, circa 1931. Cursive handwriting on reverse side of still photo reads as follows: Sound effects specialists on "March of Time" program (left to right) Phonograph record of airplane sonics Machine gun imitator Marching troops Heavy artillery
Date	1931
Source	Self scan of black-and-white promotional photograph released without copyright notice by Culver Pictures, Inc. Original print measures 6.25 x 4.25 inches; approximately 3/8" has been cropped from the top and 1/4" from the right edge to emphasize the four sound effects artists and include the CBS art on the wall behind them
Author	CBS Radio and photographer are uncredited Stamp on label on reverse side of still photo reads as follows: CULVER PICTURES, INC.
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Stamp on label on reverse side of still photo reads as follows:
CULVER PICTURES, INC.
660 FIRST AVENUE
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016
This picture is loaned for one reproduction only. Must not be used for advertising without written permission.
Original must be returned within 30 days.
Obligatory Credit Line
CULVER PICTURES

Published without copyright

Date of photograph is not stated but is likely to be 1931, the year The March of Time began on CBS Radio and the year of Arthur W. Nichols' death.

The subjects of the photograph are not identified but are named in Robert L. Mott's Radio Sound Effects: Who Did It, and How, in the Era of Live Broadcasting (McFarland & Company, Inc., 1993, page 16): Ora Daigle Nichols, Henry Gauthiere, George O'Donnell and Arthur Nichols. "These four people were the first network staff sound effects artists in the country. In fact, Ora Daigle Nichols was the only woman in the entire country who made a living doing sound effects at that time."