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Period: 1950s
James Dean in Restroom
Located in Austin, TX
Hilarious black and white candid shot of actor James Dean talking on the phone while using the restroom. James Dean was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of te...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Ann Blyth
Located in Austin, TX
Ann Blyth is an American actress and singer, often cast in Hollywood musicals, but also successful in dramatic roles. For her performance as Veda Pierce in the 1945 film Mildred Pier...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe and Eileen Beckert in "Bus Stop", 1956, 29, 8 x 19, 8 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 spe...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Jane Wyman with Camera
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white studio portrait features Jane Wyman smiling in the studio, posed with a camera. Jane Wyman was an American actress, singer, dancer, and philanthropist whose car...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Joan Crawford Hanging Stockings
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome and unique black and white studio portrait of Joan Crawford hanging stockings to dry on a clothing line. This listing is for a limited edition archival print. What's includ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Che Guevara
Located in Cologne, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jayne Mansfield: A Game of Chance
Located in Austin, TX
This action shot features bombshell star Jayne Mansfield playing roulette in Las Vegas. Captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth, this image features Mansfield looking down eag...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Ursula Andress, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: Swiss film star Ursula Andress (left) relaxes with artist Novella Parigini in a hammock in Rome. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Au...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Fan Mail', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released, Beverly Hills, 195...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Elvis Presley Rocking Out on Stage
By Charles Trainor
Located in Austin, TX
A vintage 1957 image, artistically recolored, depicting music's new sensation Elvis Presley performing on stage. Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American si...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball. This is a...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Seaplane At Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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

Anna Magnani e La Rosa Tatuata - Original b/w Photograph - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
“VEDO” agency, Anna Magnani and “La Rosa tatuata”, 1956. 23 x 18 cm. In very good condition, except for some imperceptible folds in the lower right corner. Back with caption flaps ...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for Giant - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955 by Frank Worth This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pablo Picasso: Master Sculptor
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso hard at work in his studio. Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Haywood Magee, Louis Armstrong on Stage Limited Edition Photographic Print 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong (1900 - 1971), shouts after clarinettist Edmund Hall's solo, on stage during the band's British tour, May 19, 1956. An unidentified bassist stands in the foreground. (Photo by Haywood Magee...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and George Jessel
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1952 in Los Angeles, California: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with George Jessel in suits with old West sheriff star badges. Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo c...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Hugh Marlowe Classical Studio Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of actor Hugh Marlowe by Frank Worth. Hugh Marlowe was an American film, television, stage and radio actor. Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Groucho Marx - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Groucho Marx is a black and white photograph realized in the 1950s. Good conditions.
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Elizabeth Taylor Spinning Lasso in "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features actress Elizabeth Taylor swinging a lasso on the set of "Giant", 1955. Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall at Oscars
Located in Austin, TX
Candid black and white capture of actor Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall at the Oscars, circa 1952. On May 21, 1945, Bacall married actor Humphrey Bogart, 25 years her senior. The...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Fan Mail', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released, Beverly Hills, 195...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

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 Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Campo dei Fiori, Rome - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Campo dei Fiori, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

John Wayne and Lauren Bacall in Blood Alley
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features John Wayne, nicknamed Duke, an American actor and filmmaker. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit, Wayne was among the top box office draws fo...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mamie Van Doren and Richard Long Getting Gas
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage capture of Mamie Van Doren and Richard Long getting gas in a classic car. Mamie Van Doren is an American actressmodelsingerand sex symbol. She is perhaps best remembered fo...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe with Classic Roadster for "How to Marry a Millionaire"
Located in Austin, TX
Spectacular image of Marilyn Monroe leaning on a classic car on the set of "How to Marry a Millionaire", 1953. In the early 1950s, Monroe became a popular actress with roles in sev...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor Flipping with James Dean
Located in Austin, TX
An image of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor dancing behind the scenes of the 1950s film "Giant". Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn "The Nun's Story"
By Leo L. Fuchs
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey Hepburn standing on what seems to be a wood branch bridge taking a portrait for the 1959 film "The Nun's Story". British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn is regarded...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn on Set of "The Nun's Story"
By Leo L. Fuchs
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white full-length image features actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn on the set of "A Nun's Story" in 1959. Audrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Bert Hardy 'Mercedes Racer' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty, 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
Argentinian race car driver Juan Fangio (1911 - 1995) in his Mercedes at Le Mans, June 1955. The race saw the death of Mercedes team mate Pierre Levegh and 80 spectators. Original Pu...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor in Car on the Set of Giant
Located in Austin, TX
James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor in a car on the set of the 1950s Film "Giant". Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire. This is an estate stamped and han...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Debra Paget in Dramatic Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actress Debra Paget in a high contrast dramatic head-and-shoulders portrait. Debra Paget is an American actress and entertainer. She is perhaps best kno...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Jimmy Stewart and Family at Baseball Game
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid portrait of Jimmy Stewart and his family watching a game of baseball from the bleachers, circa 1954. Jimmy Stewart was an American actor and military pilot. ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Katherine Hepburn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Fred Mcmurray and Jimmy Stewart
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white comedic candid shot of Fred McMurray and Jimmy Stewart backstage. This listing is for a limited edition archival print. What's included: - Limited Edition Archival...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Smiling on Red Carpet
Located in Austin, TX
Third in its series, this awesome black and white capture features Marilyn Monroe in her Hollywood prime - captured in a silk dress and fur stole. Classic image of the Hollywood le...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951. This is an est...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Frank Sinatra Standing with Tbird
Located in Austin, TX
This beautifully restored color image features legendary actor, singer, and musician Frank Sinatra leaning on a classic T-Bird. Francis Albert Sinatra was an American singer, acto...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Autographed Portrait of Marianne Hold - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Marianne Hold is a b/w postcard reproducing a superb photographic portrait of the German actress, Marianne Hold, with the additional value of her black marker...
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Vintage Autographed Postcard by Gregory Peck - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage autographed portrait of Gregory Peck is a b/w postcard reproducing ta scene of the same-named movie. With the additional value of the black mark...
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951. This is an est...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons - Nicholsons - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Nicholsons - Estate Stamped Cafe Nicholson in New York, 1959. Gorgeous print measuring a large 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estat...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pulitzer On The Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital

Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire. This is an estate stampe...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cat-Shaped Pool, Estate Edition, Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Cat-Shaped Pool, a newly available Estate Edition photograph, features a charming swimming pool in the shape of a cat at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, circa 1955. This historic shot of the pool was captured just after the the Fontainebleau's opening in 1954. Visual Description: Guests enjoying the newly opened turquoise cat-shaped pool at the Fontainebleu Hotel, designed by Morris Lapidus. The deck features sunny, graphic yellow and black umbrellas, as well as red, yellow and blue striped umbrellas and loungers. The cat's tail is a vintage wooden diving board, its ears are stairs, and its nose is a slide. Designed by Morris Lapidus. Slim Aarons Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Printed Later Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Internal: vintage '50s florida, 50's Miami, vintage poolside, vintage swim fashion, vintage slim aarons, Fontainebleau Hotel, vintage Miami beach, Miami architecture, collins avenue The Fontainebleau Miami...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

William Holden - Vintage Photograph - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
William Holden is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1952. The photo depicts the american actor William Holden, alias of William Franklin Beedle Jr. Hand signed and dedic...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 (...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Seaplane At Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The Japanese Director Hiroshi Inagaki - Vintage Photo - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
The Japanese Director Hiroshi Inagaki is a black and white photograph realized in 1957 Vintage Photo depicting Hiroshi Inagaki receiving the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. Paper size 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills. This i...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York. This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Lord Alvary Gascoigne - Vintage Photograph - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Alvary Gascoigne is a black and white vintage photo, realized  in April 1953. The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of Alvary Gascoigne, English Ambassador. He leaves London f...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Sammy Davis Jr., Mister Show Business
Located in Austin, TX
Astounding color image of icon Sammy Davis Jr. jumping across a skyline. Sammy Davis Jr. was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian often called "the greatest ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York. This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Junior Skier 1955 New England Skiing - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Junior Skier (New England Skiing) - Oversize A freckled member of the Junior Skiing Program in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons) ...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

The Elephants at the Circus - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Elephants at the circus is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical mom...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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