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Period: Mid-20th Century
The Who in Flower Garden
Located in Austin, TX
The Who members John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, and Roger Daltry standing in flower garden. The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup (1964–1978) consisted of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe in As Young As You Feel Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed in a dress for her role in "As Young As You Feel", circa 1951. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity V...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Marilyn Monroe (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images) London, England, 1956, American actress Marilyn Monroe is pictured at a press reception at th...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Elvis At The Piano (1956) Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Elvis Adoration (1956) (Photo By Phillip Harrington) May 27, 1956 Elvis Presley spends some time on the piano while waiting for a show to start at the University of Dayton Fieldho...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Marilyn In Grand Central Station (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn In Grand Central Station (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Ed Feingersh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Actress Marilyn Monroe takes the ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bardot (1963) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Swan In A Car (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Getty Images) French actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot stage name of Camille Javal, dancing in a scen...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Teeing Off (1930) - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Times Square by Night (1953) - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) 1930, Golfer teeing off circa Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 40x60'' Printed Later NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 10 x 12'' 12 x 16'' 16 x 20'' 20 x 24'' 20 x 30'' 30 x 40'' 40 x 60'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST About the Artist: H. Armstrong ROBERTS (1883-1947) is an artist born in 1883 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a photography sold in 2012. ACTORS ON SET, Bette Davis, Ladies Fashion...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Park Avenue 1953 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Park Avenue A view of neatly arranged office and apartment blocks along Park Avenue in New York City. Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Roman Holiday (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Roman Holiday (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (photo by United Archives/ Alamy Archives) Roman Holiday USA 1953. Directed by William Wyler, Gregory P...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

New York City Ballet principal dancer Patricia McBride, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of New York City Ballet principal dancer Patricia McBride, 1976. Signed on the print recto by Jack Mitchell...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Blackpool Railings
Located in London, GB
July 14, 1951. Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage 1960s Black and White Civil Rights Photography, Birmingham Children
Located in New york, NY
Birmingham Children, 1963 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a 16" x 12" vintage gelatin silver photograph, signed verso (on back) by the photographer. A photo that depicts th...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

La sorella maggiore, Thailand (1959) - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition « La sorella maggiore », In a Méo village, Thaïland This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork : The F...
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Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nude Reclining, Mel Fillini
Located in Boston, MA
Mel Fellini was a favorite model of George Platt Lynes, and this photograph was most likely taken during their stay in Rome in the 1940s.
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Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Merce Cunningham with dancers and video camera performing 'TV Rerun'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Merce Cunningham with dancers and video camera performing "TV Rerun" at Westbeth, New York City in 1978. Com...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe on set of the movie "Lets Make Love", USA, 1960
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Climbing II, Paris, 1991. Photo collage Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Climbing II, Paris, 1991 Photo Collage Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP. Sizes : 37 x 30 cm Unframed Femmes Objets Series In this series in black & white and with the same model. The artist rep...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

"Interviewing Grace" by Bob Harrow
Located in London, GB
"Interviewing Grace" by Bob Harrow May 1956: American actress Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) being interviewed by journalists aboard the 'Constitution' before her wedding to Prince Rainier...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Marilyn Monroe on the Set of "How to Marry a Millionaire"
Located in Austin, TX
This lovely black and white image features Marilyn Monroe on the set of "How to Marry a Millionaire". How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed by...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

USS Roosevelt, New York Navy Day 1945, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Associated Press Photo. The USS Roosevelt aircraft carriers on the Hudson River, New York, during Navy Day...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition Fishermen at work on a beach in Montego Bay Jamaica circa 1940. by Toni Frissell 40 x 40" inches / 101 ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New Year At Romanoff’s Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New Year At Romanoff’s 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Couple At Party (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Couple At Party (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Getty Images) A debutante at a 'Coming-Out Ball' for British actress Anna Massey in Highgate, north L...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Park Stones (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Roger Jackson/Central Press/Getty Images) 11th January 1967: Top British pop group the Rolling Stones taking a stroll th...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Steve McQueen Relaxing on Phone
Located in Austin, TX
Steve McQueen sitting shirtless on the floor while speaking on the phone Terrence Stephen McQueen was an American actor and his antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gooseneck, Grand Canyon, Utah, Black and White, USA 1960s, 17, 8 x 23, 3 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Panther Pass, Texas, Black and White Photography, USA, ca. 1960s, 23, 3 x 16, 5 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Claudette Colbert in Nature Scene
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, Claudette Colbert. Colbert is featured here in a dramatic nature sc...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn in Car Writing, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in Car, Writing, audrey_06 -- Photographed for LIFE's December 1953 issue. Audrey Hepburn is "doing homework" on her way to the studio. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Perso nell'immensità - New York, 1955 - Full Framed Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Perso nell'immensità, 1955. Men and hats, in the streets of New York. Work sold in perfect condition, print on baryta paper 310 grs pigment inks of museum quality, limited edition of 5 copies The artwork is mounted on dibond and fixed in American floating box...
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Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Private Transport Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Private Transport 1954 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Gladys ‘Patsy’ Bartlett (1928 – 2011, née Pulitzer, later Pulitzer Preston) rummaging in her bag on the se...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe: Pinup in High-Slit Dress
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning image of Marilyn Monroe posed pinup style in a high-slit dress. This listing is for a limited edition archival print. What's included: - Limited Edition Archival Print - N...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ciro's Owner Herbert Hover and Marilyn Monroe
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Circo nightclub's owner Herbert Hoover helping bombshell actress Marilyn Monroe with her fur coat. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress model and singer. Famous...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Elegant Ankle
Located in London, GB
Customers sitting on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951. Original publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The Champs-Elysees – pub. 23rd June ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Venezuela, Waterfalls, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23, 4 x 29, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Interviewing Grace (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Interviewing Grace (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Bob Harrow/Express/Getty Images) May 1956: American actress Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) being interviewed by journali...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'Audrey Funny Face' 1957 (Silver Gelatin Print)
Located in London, GB
'Audrey Funny Face' Audrey Hepburn, dressed in a Givenchy evening gown, 1957. (Photo: The Everett Collection) Beautiful mint condition Open Edition Silver Gelatin Resin Print me...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins A young child wearing an Indian headdress hides in a coal hole as he takes aim under the watchful eye of a friend....
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Picasso in his Atelier
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful black and white image of painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso hard at work in his studio. Pablo Ruiz Picasso born on the 25th of October 1881 and passed on the 8th of April ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Kennedy, Family Sailing Nantucket Sound, Jackie Prominent, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Kennedy Family Sailing nb_038_039 -- The Kennedy Family sailing on Nantucket Sound. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limi...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images) Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe, print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot without flash in available light. The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia) This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Women's Skiing" by Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
"Women's Skiing" by Kurt Hutton 26th January 1952: One of the British women's Olympic Ski Team with her skis. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5661- Seven Girls Go Out To Ski - ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Audrey Hepburn in Car Writing, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in Car, Writing, audrey_06 -- Photographed for LIFE's December 1953 issue. Audrey Hepburn is "doing homework" on her way to the studio. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Audrey Hepburn in Car Writing, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in Car, Writing, audrey_06 -- Photographed for LIFE's December 1953 issue. Audrey Hepburn is "doing homework" on her way to the studio. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

"Francoise Hardy" by Reg Lancaster
Located in London, GB
"Francoise Hardy" by Reg Lancaster 1969: French singer, Francoise Hardy sitting on a motorbike. Unframed Paper Size: 40"x 30'' (inches) Printed 2022 ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Gloria DeHaven Glamour Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Gloria Dehaven posed in a captivating glamour portrait. Gloria DaHaven was an American actress and singer who was a contract st...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

'Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Starters' (1955) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) A young skier prefers to ca...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Women, Dog at Heidelberg castle on river neckar, Germany 1936, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirties, Karl Heinrich Lämmel produced several photographic reports of cities, including Munich and Cologne. Photographs that have yet to be seen and appreciated. Lämmel's pictures show a different view of Germany. His documentation is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impressive images of cities and their architecture before the destruction of WWII . The print is new, a Premium-FineArt-Print ( Hahnemühle 308g ), it comes in a secure role without passpartout and frame to reduce shipping cost. This sizes are limited to 25 copies per size. Description: Zwei Frauen mit Hund im Alten Schloss in Heidelberg am Neckar, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. Two women with a dog at Heidelberg castle...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Swan In A Car (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Swan In A Car (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) 6th April 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car. Additional Info...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Karstadt-Haus at Hermannplatz, Berlin, 1937, Mauritius Publishing
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Heinz Pollmann. His are an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. I...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

The Brooklyn Bridge (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
The Brooklyn Bridge (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) The Brooklyn Bridge and Downtown Manhattan, New York, USA, circa 1959. Ad...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Jane Russell Having Fun on Set
Located in Austin, TX
Black and a white candid photograph of Jane Russell having fun on the set of "The French Line", circa 1954. The French Line is a 1953 American musical film starring Jane Russell ma...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

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