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Period: 1950s
Audrey Hepburn Chats with a Colleague on the Set of Sabrina, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r1_2 -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina Fair, "turns happily to chat with a colleague." Very protective of her privacy after hours, Audrey was known to enjoy "th...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Grace Kelly Pensive, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Grace Kelly Pensive -- Grace Kelly, later Princess Grace of Monaco, was photographed by Mark Shaw in 1954. Image size is 40" x 40" (for 44" x 44" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints ar...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Grace Kelly Laughing, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Grace Kelly Laughing -- Grace Kelly as photographed by Mark Shaw in 1954. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editio...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Grace Kelly Laughing, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Grace Kelly Laughing -- Grace Kelly as photographed by Mark Shaw in 1954. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editio...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Kennedys, Hyannis Beach, John Smiling, Jackie and Caroline Look at John, 1959
Located in New York, NY
The Kennedys at Hyannis Beach, nb_081c. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. ...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn Chats with a Colleague on the Set of Sabrina, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r1_2 -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina Fair, "turns happily to chat with a colleague." Very protective of her privacy after hours, Audrey was known to enjoy "th...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Kennedy, Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover -- Jackie and Caroline on the beach in Hyannis Port, 1959. This photo was used as the cover of Mark Shaw's famous book, the John F. Kennedys, which wa...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room, Head Forward, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room – Audrey Hepburn in her dressing room on the set of Sabrina, photographed for LIFE in 1953 -- Mark Shaw, who worked almost every day of t...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Kennedys, Caroline Feeds Flower to Jackie, John Looks on, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Caroline Feeds Flower to JBK, JFK looks on, nb_081a -- The Kennedys at Hyannis Beach. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room, Makeup Mirror, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room, Feet – Audrey Hepburn in her dressing room on the set of Sabrina. Photographed for LIFE in 1953. Mark Shaw, who worked almost every day ...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn Applies Lipstick in Mirror, Backstage at Ondine, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Backstage at Ondine, 54_0330c_33, 1954 – Backstage at Ondine, Audrey Hepburn was photographed for Mademoiselle in 1954. After years of perfect blondes, Audrey's look w...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, c7_26, 1953 – Photographed for LIFE in 1953, Audrey Hepburn is shampooed on the set of Sabrina. Aged 24, Audrey was alre...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Kennedy, John F. Portrait, Left Shoulder Front, Mouth Closed, 1959
Located in New York, NY
John F. Kennedy Portrait, 006a. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each pri...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn and Frank McCoy on the Set of Sabrina, Looks Left, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, Frank McCoy on the Set of Sabrina, r2_2 -- Audrey Hepburn and makeup artist Frank McCoy on the set of Paramount's Sabrina Fair. Image size ...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, c8_5 – While working on the Paramount film Sabrina Fair, Audrey Hepburn was given a nightly shampoo at the studio -- This image is an out tak...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Kennedys, Caroline Feeds Flower to John, Jackie Looks on, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Caroline Feeds Flower to JFK, JBK Looks on -- Jackie, JFK and Caroline relax in Hyannis Port in 1959. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are ...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Grace Kelly Laughing, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Grace Kelly Laughing -- Grace Kelly as photographed by Mark Shaw in 1954. Image size is 32" X 32" (for 36" X 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editio...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn Applies Makeup in Two Mirrors, Backstage at Ondine, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn at Make Up Table in Two Mirrors, 1954 -- Audrey Hepburn photographed for Mademoiselle in 1954 in her dressing room backstage ...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn Chats with a Colleague on the Set of Sabrina, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r1_2 -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina Fair, "turns happily to chat with a colleague." Very protective of her privacy after hours, Audrey was known to enjoy "th...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Kennedys, Caroline Feeds Flower to Jackie, John Looks on, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Caroline Feeds Flower to JBK, JFK looks on, nb_081a -- The Kennedys at Hyannis Beach. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in li...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed and Reading, Wide, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed and Reading, Wide, c7_14 – Photographed for Life in 1953, part of Audrey Hepburn's nightly ritual was a shampoo given at the studio. Image size is 10...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn Smiling, Left Frame, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_d -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of Mademoiselle. Her dress is a Claire McCardell creation. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. A black and white portrait of Audrey...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn, Wally Westmore on the Set of Sabrina, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, Wally Westmore on the Set of Sabrin, c1_35 – Audrey Hepburn gets a last minute touch up from the make up man on the set of Sabrina. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, c8_5 – While working on the Paramount film Sabrina Fair, Audrey Hepburn was given a nightly shampoo at the studio -- This image is an out tak...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room, Head Forward, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room – Audrey Hepburn in her dressing room on the set of Sabrina, photographed for LIFE in 1953 -- Mark Shaw, who worked almost every day of t...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room, Head Forward, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room – Audrey Hepburn in her dressing room on the set of Sabrina, photographed for LIFE in 1953 -- Mark Shaw, who worked almost every day of t...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Picasso and Skull with Bettina wearing McCardell, Vertical, 1955
Located in New York, NY
Picasso with Bettina and Skull, Vertical, 1955 -- Photographed for LIFE in 1955 in his new Cannes Villa, La Californie, Picasso celebrates his fashion debut by clowning around with a...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Grace Kelly Hair Up, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Grace Kelly Hair Up -- Grace Kelly, later Princess Grace of Monaco, was photographed by Mark Shaw in 1954. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints ar...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, c7_26, 1953 – Photographed for LIFE in 1953, Audrey Hepburn is shampooed on the set of Sabrina. Aged 24, Audrey was alre...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Audrey Hepburn in Her Dressing Room, Knee Up and Looking Forward, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in Dressing Room, c16_22, 1953 -- Out take from the photo essay shot for the December 7, 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size is 10" x ...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Giclée

Contemplation by Ida Lansky, c. 1950's, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Denton, TX
Contemplation by Ida Lansky depicts a group of three statues. The figures are turned towards each other and away from the viewer, as if talking in secret. This photograph is listed as a 9.5 x 7.5 inch vintage silver gelatin print. It is signed and titled in pencil on mount margin by the artist. Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing. Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Nor- man, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele. From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta Corpron...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Emille Griffiths
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ORMOND GIGLI was born in New York City in 1925. He became famous early on during the 1950s for his photographs of theatre, celebrities, dance, exotic persons & places. His work appea...
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Willie
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman ...
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Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Love on the Boardwalk, Coney Island
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 3/200 Signed, dated, and numbered in black ink on print margin by Harold Feinstein Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in. Harold Feinstein was born in Coney Island, New York, in ...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Girl on the Merry-Go-Round, Coney Island
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 3/200 Signed, dated and numbered by Harold Feinstein Harold Feinstein was born in Coney Island, New York, in 1931. He began photographing in 1946 at the age of 15 and joine...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Chet Baker, 1953 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Chet Baker, 1953 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Archival pigment print Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper From an edition of 25 Also available in al...
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Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fish Market, 1958 - Jerry Schatzberg (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Fish Market, 1958 - Jerry Schatzberg (Portrait Photography) Signed on reverse Silver gelatin print 8 x 10 inches, edition of 25 + 5 APs - $4,500 11 x 14 inches, edition of 25 + 5 APs...
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Steve Reeves
Located in New York, NY
Steve Reeves c. 1955 Titled, dated, and inscribed “Spartan Studios” in pencil, verso Vintage gelatin silver print 5 x 4 inches
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Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Aquila Degli Abruzzi, Italy
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in ink on recto Gelatin silver print Image: 14 x 9 1/2 inches, Paper: 15 7/8 x 12 inches, Mat: 20 x 16
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sunny Harnett, Chrysler, New York, Harper's Bazaar
Located in New York, NY
Stamped on the verso
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Miles Davis
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer on the verso
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ford Fairlane Galaxie 500 Skyliner with Retractable Hardtop
Located in New York, NY
Stamped on the verso
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fashion for Bazaar
Located in New York, NY
Stamped on the verso
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Anne St. Marie. Harper's Bazaar
Located in New York, NY
Stamped on the verso
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Anne St. Marie with flowers behind her, Harper's Bazaar
Located in New York, NY
Stamped on the veso
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Anne St. Marie with Flower on Lapel (Ping) Harper's Bazaar
Located in New York, NY
Stamped on the verso
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Paris, France
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Managua, Nicaragua
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Provence, France
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer on certificate of authenticity
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New York City, USA
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

California Kiss
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Swimming Pool (Welch, West Virginia)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on verso; stamped with photographer's copyright stamp on verso Gelatin Silver Print Paper: 16" x 20", Mat: 20" x 24"
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Officer Painter patrols the Main Street of Stanley, VA
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on verso; Stamped with photographer's copyright on verso Gelatin Silver Print Image: 15-5/8 x 19-3/8", Paper: 16 x 20 inches
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Hot Shot East Bound at Laeger, West Virginia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, dated, & variously numbered in pencil with artist's copyright stamp on verso Gelatin Silver Print Paper 16 x 20 inches; Image 15 1/2 x 19 3/8 inches
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rural Retreat, Virginia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on verso; Stamped with photographer's copyright on verso Gelatin Silver Print Image: 15 1/2 x 19 3/8 inches; Paper: 16x20 inches; Matted 20x24 inches
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Washington J Class 605, Shaffers Crossing, VA
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed on verso in pencil; Artist copyright stamp on verso Gelatin Silver Print Image: 19-3/8 x 15-1/2" inches, Paper: 20 x 16 inches
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Popes, Max Meadows, Virginia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
stamped with notations in pencil on verso; copyright date with signature of printer Gelatin Silver Print Image: 19 3/8" x 15 7/16", Paper: 20" x 16", Mat: 24" x 20" Gelatin Silver Pr...
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

A Summer's Evening and Train #2, Luray, Virginia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil with artist's copyright stamp on verso Gelatin silver print Paper 16 x 20 inches; Image 15 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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