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Period: 1950s
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on th...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Checkered Flag' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Checkered Flag' The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Est...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Original Marilyn Monroe Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Marilyn Monroe Photograph Original photograph of Marilyn Monroe posing in her dressing room on the film of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by photographer Milton Gold (American,...
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Photorealist 1950s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Frank Sinatra at Sands Hotel
Located in Austin, TX
Artistic colorized photograph of Frank Sinatra in front of the Sands Motel in Las Vegas with his Ford Thunderbird. Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Cha...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options avai...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Pool At Lake Tahoe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Pool At Lake Tahoe 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Beverly Hills Hotel - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Hotel' by Slim Aarons Beautiful 1950's cars parked outside the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Typically 'Slim' this photograph ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Estate Print - CZ's House 1955
Located in London, GB
CZ's House Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 – 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beac...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frank Sinatra at Sands Hotel
Located in Austin, TX
An artistically composed and colored photograph of Frank Sinatra in front of the Sands Motel with his Tbird. Sinatra at the Sands is a live album by Frank Sinatra accompanied by Coun...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Female Nude 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Unknown photographer, 1950's nude, printed on Epson paper, original was handtinted 13.375 x9 in Colors: Black, Skin colored, green tint in photo
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1950s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Elvis Presley: The Kiss
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in Austin, TX
Candid closeup of "The King" Elvis Presley blowing a kiss at the camera in 1957. Elvis was an American singer, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cu...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe at Beverly Hills Party Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Color capture of actress Marilyn Monroe at a Beverly Hills pool party, circa 1951. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of h...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Black and White

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. Slim Aarons Beauty and the Beast 19...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Female Nude 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Unknown photographer, 1950's nude, printed on Epson paper, original was handtinted 13.375 x9 in Colors: Brownish Red, White, Skin color with hand tinting,
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1950s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Palm Beach Pastels Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. unframed c type pr...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stampe...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Summer In Monaco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Summer In Monaco 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1957: Film director Howard Hawks (1896 – 1977) and his wife Dee spend a summer day by the pool in Monaco wi...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Idyll Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Idyll 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. unframed c type print printed 2023 16 ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The pool at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1955. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Caribe Hilton Beach
Located in London, GB
A woman reclining in a hammock hung between palm trees on the beach at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 1956. Gorgeous print measuring ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elvis Presley: The Wink
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage candid image of The King, Elvis Presley photographed early in his career in 1956 in Memphis Tennessee by Lloyd Dinkins. Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "The King". His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Digital

Lounging gracefully on the wing, 1972
Located in Cologne, DE
This photograph from 1972 captures a stylish, vibrant scene featuring two people on a small airplane. A young woman, wearing a pink floral dress and sunglasses, lounges gracefully on...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, C Print

Cafe Terrace In Nice Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera, 1957. unfra...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Oz Tennis Stars 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Australian tennis players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall at the Newport Tennis week i...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego. This is an estate stamp...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised) by Frank Worth paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm edition of 6 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed Note other si...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jayne Mansfield in Pink Lingerie
Located in Austin, TX
Colorized portrait of actress Jayne Mansfield posed in pink lingerie on a red chair. Jayne Mansfield was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and earl...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Party at Romanoff’s Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Party at Romanoff’s 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 in...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Paris Market Shoppers 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius Giant size
Located in London, GB
Paris Market Shoppers from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant Oversize 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Arc...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised) by Frank Worth paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm edition of 6 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed Note other si...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Norman Parkinson 'Paris Drama, Jean Patchett in Paris, Vogue 1950'
Located in New York, NY
American model Jean Patchett photographed in Paris wearing a Jean Dessès evening gown. American Vogue magazine April 1, 1950. Paris Drama, 1950 C print Estate stamped and numbered e...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

CZ Guest With Her Great Dane Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
CZ Guest With Her Great Dane 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite C.Z. Guest (Mrs Winston F.C. Guest) (1920 – 2003) with a large Great Dane do...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised) by Frank Worth paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm edition of 6 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed Note other si...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Equestrian Entrance Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Equestrian Entrance 1957 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy. unfram...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Carlton Hotel
Located in London, GB
Carlton Hotel The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunbathing In Burgenstock, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lilian Hanson sunbathing by a pool at the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne in Canton Nidwald...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Cannes Water Sports, Carlton Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. Cannes Water Sports, Carlton Hotel 1958 C Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifi...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Sailing Off Boston Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sailing Off Boston 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Henry B. Cabot Jr. (in black) on Barclay (Buzzy) H Warburton III’s brigantine ‘Black Pearl’, circa 1959. ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

CZ’s House Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
CZ’s House 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 – 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

La Coquille Club Car Park Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
La Coquille Club, Florida Car Park by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available please enquire) Limited Signature...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Mara Lane At The Sands - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. Additional Informati...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Christmas Swim Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Christmas Swim Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1956. Two ch...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film "Giant" for her role as character Leslie Bene...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Snorkelling In The Shallows (1969) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Snorkeling In The Shallows (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) A group of people snorkeling off a small boat in Malta, circa 1959. Additional Informa...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe "The Seven Year Itch"
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful color image features Marilyn Monroe in her starring role for 'Seven Year Itch'. The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 American romantic comedy film based on a 1952 three-ac...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Lake Tahoe Trip' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Trip' Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. A fabulous scene picturing four young woman canoeing and pedalling on...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Reading Reference Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Color photo depicting starlet Marilyn Monroe reading Dun & Bradstreet Reference and The Wall Street Journal. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press p...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Black and White

Italy in 1956 - Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Located in Cologne, DE
This is a historical photograph of Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, taken in the 1950s. The image captures a lively city scene with numerous vintage cars parked around the s...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color

Norman Parkinson Limited Estate Print Anne Gunning for Vogue
Located in London, GB
Anne Gunning for Vogue Estate Print by Norman Parkinson Fashion model Anne Gunning in a pink mohair coat outside the City Palace with an elephant, Jaipur, India, photographed for V...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Menton Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Menton A shop selling beach paraphernalia in Menton, in southeastern France, 1957 16×16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Prin...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Elizabeth Taylor As Leslie Benedict
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film 'Giant' for her role as character Leslie Bene...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Having A Topping Time 1959 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Having A Topping Time Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collec...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor on the Set of "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
Beautifully colorized image of actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the 1956 film "Giant". Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, about sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates. Directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

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