California Newspaper Gifts James Dean Fans With East of Eden Photos

Part of the Elia Kazan film was shot in Spreckels, just south of Salinas, Calif., and today, local daily newspaper The Salinas Californian is celebrating the results of a painstaking restoration effort: 52 rare black and white photos from that portion of the film’s production. The name of the photographer who took the pictures is at this stage still unknown. From today’s write-up by features editor Joe Truskot:

The images, most measuring two-and-a-half by four inches, were a result of a salvage effort.