Aerial view of Beverly Hills, California, 1932.
- TitleBison Archives photographs collected by Marc Wanamaker, 1890 - 2009 (inclusive)
- Collector
- Date(s)1890 - 2009 (inclusive)
- Description
88 linear ft. of photos
- Summary
The Bison Archives photographs collected by Marc Wanamaker span the 1890s-2000s and encompass 88 linear feet. The collection consists of more than 70,000 photographic prints, transparencies, and negatives of motion picture production, biography, and subject photographs from the Bison Archives, the private collection of Marc Wanamaker.
- BiographyMarc Wanamaker (b. 1947) is a Hollywood historian and author. Wanamaker began amassing the Bison Archives collection in 1971, as he was researching a book on the history of the American motion picture studios. It was named in tribute to the Bison Company, an early motion picture studio formed in 1909 that produced Westerns featuring Native American casts.
- Subjects
- Acquisitions InformationAcquired: 2012
- Preferred citationBison Archives photographs collected by Marc Wanamaker, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- DepartmentLibrary
- 1666
- AvailabilityFor information on the contents and availability of this collection please contact the Reference and Public Services department at ref@oscars.org.
- Moving Image Items
- Library Holdings