Bison Archives – Marc Wanamaker Collection |  return to Collections index

Two of the Marc Wanamaker - Bison Archives are of direct interest to LARHF. Hollywood – Trains, Streetcars and the Movies consists of production photographs with the actors interacting with trains and streetcars mostly in the Los Angeles area. The second category is a collection of photographs that the Location Departments in the studios documented for potential locations of railroad backgrounds or for immediate assistance for a film’s production.

Location Department Photographs

Stations – Depots & Shelters First

Drumheads in the Movies

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