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Period: 1940s
"Backless Fashion" by Bill Brandt
Located in London, GB
"Backless Fashion" by Bill Brandt 5th November 1949: Paris's latest fashion items place the accent on necklines, using roses, frills, and feathers to emphasize necks and bosoms. Thi...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White

"Merton of the Movies" Lobby Card, USA 1948
Located in Cologne, DE
Merton of the Movies, USA 1948, Director: Robert Alton, Cast: Gloria Grahame, Red Skelton. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas ...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Color

"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring Joan Crawford and John Garfield. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures an intense and dramatic...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Color

"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring John Garfield and Oscar Levant. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a serious moment between...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Color

"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring John Garfield and Oscar Levant. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a somber moment between ...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Color

Dinner Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Slim Aarons Dinner Jazz Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome Black and White Pho...
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American Realist 1940s Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

"Merton of the Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1948
Located in Cologne, DE
Merton of the Movies, USA 1948, Director: Robert Alton, Cast: Red Skelton, Charles D. Brown, Virginia O'Brien. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the tim...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Color

Katharine Hepburn: Sexy Glamour Looking Up
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely glamour portrait of the great Katherine Hepburn looking upward. Known for her fierce independence and spirited personality, Katharine Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood ...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Ramsay Ames Pinup in Metallic
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features the glamorous Ramsay Ames in a gorgeous pinup studio portrait, posed in a metallic top and skirt. Ramsay Ames was a leading 1940s Amer...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Avro Lancaster Bomber AU-Q loading bombs original press photograph 1940s
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". Lan...
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Realist 1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Race Order" by Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Race Order" by Bert Hardy Maserati racing cars in the pit during a road race at at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, May 1947. Original publication: Pict...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White

Racing Car
Located in London, GB
A driver in his car during a race on the Channel Island of Jersey. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racing In Jersey – pub. 1947 (Photo Bert Hardy) A beautiful Li...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Playful Elizabeth Taylor
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor spinning on a grass lawn smiling as her skirt lifts in the air. Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American ac...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

"Heavyweight" by Felix Man
Located in London, GB
"Heavyweight" by Felix Man Eighteen-year-old animal trainer Zabuna lying under one of her performing elephants. This stunt forms part of her act for the Chessington Circus, currentl...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White

"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy September 1949: A party given by the mayor of Positano for Mercy Haystead (right), an 18-year old London student, on holiday ...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White

Greeting Card - Postcard - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Greeting Card is a postcard realized in 1940s., the birthday wishes to Mr. Carlo Ferrari. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, famili...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Paper, Postcard

"Fill Her Up" by Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Fill Her Up" by Bert Hardy 24th May 1947: Pit staff filling up Louis Chiron's (1899 - 1979) Maserati. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4364 - Road Racing In Jersey - pub. 1947 ...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White

"Martin And Sinatra" by J Wilds
Located in London, GB
"Martin And Sinatra" by J Wilds American singers and actors Dean Martin (1917 - 1995) (centre) and Frank Sinatra (right) arriving at London airport, their friend and famed Beverly H...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White

La Stricte Intimité [In the Strictest Intimacy], Rue Marcelin Berthelot, Montrou
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in ink on recto; titled & dated in pencil on verso Gelatin silver print Image 11" x 9-1/2", Paper 16" x 12", Matted 20" x 16"
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

At The Embassy
Located in London, GB
A group of people at the Embassy Club in London during World War II 1941. (Photo Bert Hardy) A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre darkroom print made ...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Jeannette Altwegg" by Chris Ware
Located in London, GB
"Jeannette Altwegg" by Chris Ware February 1948: British figure skater Jeannette Altwegg at the Winter Olympics in St Moritz, Switzerland, the winner of the bronze medal that year, ...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White

Orpheus #14 - Gelatin Silver Photograph Balanchine Ballet Classical Male Nudes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #14 of George Balanchine’s Ballet ‘Orpheus’. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 gelatin silver photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet 'Orpheus'. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition. This photograph is from Francisco Moncion's original collection given to him by George Platt Lyons. It is one of 14 different poses in the 'Orpheus' series. 8 different photographs are remaining for sale and are available on request. All are original Platt Lyons gelatin silver prints original to Moncion's collection and are stamped by the photographer. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), the NYC Public Library, and many university art archives. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950...
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Post-War 1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Young Marilyn Monroe with Telescope Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white vintage image of a young Marilyn Monroe, before the blonde, smiling with a telescope. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of history and kick-start your collection with our one-of-a-kind pieces of your favorite celebrities. -- "The Marilyn Monroe community was shocked and stunned at the untimely passing of truly one of the greatest Monroe sculptors of all time, Kim Goodwin...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Black and White

Rockefeller Center (1945) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Rockefeller Center (1945) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by George Enell/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) circa 1945: The Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, New York City. ...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Dinner Jazz (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Premium Rates Apply. 1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Arm...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Ascari At Silverstone (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Ascari At Silverstone (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images) 25th August 1949: Italian motor racing driver Alberto Ascari (left) approaching St...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo "Two Faced Woman"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white silhouette features Greta Grabo in a publicity still for her role in "Two-Faced Woman". Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her luminous and unforgettable screen performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. Two-Faced Woman is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, and Roland Young...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Lucille Ball: A Portrait of Elegance
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant black-and-white image features actress Lucille Ball in a full-length gown, looking upward and leaning on a side table. Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedienn...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Norman Parkinson 'Angele Delanghe and Mattli dresses for Vogue, October 1948'
Located in New York, NY
Orange star-dotted net dress from Fortnum & Mason by Angele Delanghe and a teal blue off-the-shoulder strapless dress by Mattli. British Vogue, October 1948 Angele Delanghe and Matt...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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C Print

'Lucky For Some' 1949- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Lucky For Some' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print 1949: Sicilian-born gangster Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano (1897 – 1962) walking down a street in his native Sicily, followed by local children mimicking his posture. Whilst in prison between 1936 and 1946, he founded the Crime Syndicate of Mafia families and reorganised crime in America. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Silver Gelatin Print Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplied Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front Paper size 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm Printed 2020 OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE : 12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm 20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm 30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm 40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm FRAMING: Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service. If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote. b/w black and white 1940 40s fashion...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

New Year at Romanoff's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
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American Realist 1940s Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Ingrid Bergman in the Studio
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely studio capture of Ingrid Bergman posed in the studio. Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films and won three Academy Awar...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

William Carroll, Norma Jeane Triptych, original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This triptych is three original photographs printed from the original camera negatives, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. These images depict a young Norma Jeane at ...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Photographic Paper

Citizen Kane Iconic Scene
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
Iconic scene from the influential film "Citizen Kane"..Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marlene Dietrich: Stunning Glamour
By A.L. Whitey Schafer
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely glamour portrait of the impeccable Marlene Dietrich in an elegant sequined dress. Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer, who remained popular throughout ...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

The Moon and Mars
Located in Austin, TX
Carly Anne Amos, in collaboration with Globe Photos, brings you a new collection of gorgeous twists to classic icons from our archives. Carly Anne is a streetwear designer (The Colo...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Veronica Lake: Glamour in Mirror
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely capture of elegant actress Veronica Lake posed with her reflection in the mirror. Veronica Lake was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake won both popular and...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Orson Welles Filming Citizen Kane
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
This rare image was taken behind the scenes of the cast working on a scene in the 1941 film "Citizen Kane". Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Orson Welles Filming Citizen Kane
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
This rare image was taken behind the scenes of the cast working on a scene in the 1941 film "Citizen Kane". Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marlene Dietrich in Feathers
By A.L. Whitey Schafer
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant portrait features the elegant Hollywood legend, Marlene Dietrich, posed in a tall feathered hat. Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German-American actress and s...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor Classical Elegance
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning elegant studio portrait of Elizabeth Taylor, 1957. Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actre...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Poolside Glamour
Located in Austin, TX
This captivating pinup features actress Marilyn Monroe standing poolside in a bathing suit and heels. Marilyn Monroe was one of the most popular sex symbols in the early 1950s and ...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Lucille Ball on Silk
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning capture of Lucille Ball lying on silk, looking seductively and elegantly to the camera. Lucille Ball, in full Lucille Desire Ball, radio and motion-picture actress and l...
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Race Order
Located in London, GB
Maserati racing cars in the pit during a road race at at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, May 1947. Original publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racin...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

War Cemetary - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
War Cemetery is a photograph realized in the 1950s. Good conditions.
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hawker Siddeley original photograph Lancaster Bomber landing World War 2
Located in London, GB
From a series of Black and White photographs of Lancaster Bombers dating from the 1940s we have listed. Why not check out the others. Lancaster bombe...
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Realist 1940s Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chaim Weizmann
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lotte Jacobi Chaim Weizmann Photograph Year: 1948 Size: 11.5x9.5in Annotated by hand on verso in pencil Ref.: 924802-1354 Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way: "I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best." Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Photographic Paper

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Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, J...
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American Realist 1940s Photography

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

Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, J...
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American Realist 1940s Photography

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

Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, J...
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American Realist 1940s Photography

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

Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, J...
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American Realist 1940s Photography

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

Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, J...
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American Realist 1940s Photography

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

Marilyn's Wedding/The bridal Couple, June 19th 1942, 29, 8 x 20 cm
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 spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanage. She got married with only 16 years old and while working for a factory during WW II, she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and started a succesful modeling career. The rest of her life is history: In the 50s she was one of the most marketable actresses, had held leading roles in various movies and was known for her immense sex appeal. As a highly intelligent woman, she knew how to build a career, while, in her private life she struggled with addiction and mood disorder. At the age of 36 she died from an overdose of barbiturates at her Los Angeles home. With her breathy voice and hourglass figure, she is until today one of Hollywood's most famous actresses. Description: Marilyn's Wedding/The bridal Couple, June 19...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White

Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s. Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm). Hand-signed by the artist on t...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Louis Armstrong Dinner Jazz 1949
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estat...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Laszlo Willinger, "Katharine Hepburn, " orig. photograph from orig.negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative taken by Laszlo Willinger circa 1940 and printed in 1989. It depicts the iconic actress Katharine Hepburn during the p...
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Photorealist 1940s Photography

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Photographic Paper

Change and wash house, Essen, Germany 1952
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1947. 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 photograph...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ferry Passengers
Located in London, GB
French film actress Mila Parely amuses passengers onboard the ferry from Tower Bridge, London, to Southend, Essex. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4412 – Mila Goes To Southend –...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Luchino Visconti on the Set of the Film Ossessione - Vintage Photo - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Lucchino Visconti on the Set of the Film Ossessione is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1943. Good conditions.
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Contemporary 1940s Photography

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Photographic Paper

Fill Her Up
Located in London, GB
Pit staff filling up Louis Chiron’s (1899 – 1979) Maserati. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racing In Jersey – pub. 1947 (Photo Bert Hardy) A beautiful Limited ...
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Modern 1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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