1940s Photography

Your chance to own an original Ansel Adams photograph. Signed in pen. Special Edition print printed by someone else. Authorized by the Ansel Adams gallery accompanied with Certificat...

Couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York City, 1948. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Naumburg Bandshe...

Couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York City, 1948. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Naumburg Bandshe...

Couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York City, 1948. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Naumburg Bandshe...

Couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York City, 1948. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Naumburg Bandshe...

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...

This captivating pinup features actress Marilyn Monroe standing poolside in a bathing suit and heels. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress model and singer. Famous for playing c...

This beautifully colored image features a pinup of actress and Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit with her leg uppoolside. Marilyn Monroe was one of the mo...

Mint Condition. Printed later. Framed in gun metal grey. Signed on mount lower right below image. Signed in graphite, verso. Cross-section 1943 / Ruth Bernhard.

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...

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...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

This black and white photograph by Bob Mizer is offered by CLAMP in New York City. Forrester Millard, Age 21 1947 Vintage silver print 9.5 x 7.5 inches (24.1 x 19.1 cm) $3,750

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...

Casablanca - Original 1942 photograph Vintage 1942 Casablanca Lobby Card: A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether o...

An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Associated Press, Paris. June 1947, a demonstration on Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris. Features: Original silver gelatin prin...

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 30 x 30" inches / 76 x...

Gelatin silver print on paper, a later printing by Cole Weston With the Edward Weston stamp verso, signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil by Cole Weston verso: PL40-K-4 Comes ...

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 ...

Historical Photo - Beijing 1940s, Muslim Shop is a black and white vintage photo. It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events...

Silver print, titled (verso) by Paul Cadmus, 11cm x 13cm, (33cm x 38cm framed). the work is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. In 1937, the painters, Paul Cadmus...

Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins at Bennington College, 1940. Hand-colored period archival print. Unsigned. Some very minor soiling where matting window met print surface as is eviden...

Old Days  - Historical Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1940s. Good conditions.

Young Velvets 1949 (Photo Norman Parkinson) Fashion models wear a variety of hats on the roof of the Conde Nast Building against a view of the New York skyline for Vogue, 1949, Manh...

Lucchino Visconti on the Set of the Film Ossessione is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1943. Good conditions.

Thomson, Virgil (American, 1896-1989. THE MOTHER OF US ALL. Music Press, NY, 1947. Quarto, cloth, 157pp. The limited edition of 55 copies on special paper, signed on the colophon pag...

Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images Archive London) Possibly Bert Hardy's most famous image. Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s, providing housing for Glasgow's burgeoning population of industrial workers. Conditions were appalling; overcrowding was standard and sewage and water facilities inadequate. The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room, 30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap. By the time this photograph was taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920. Redevelopment of the area began in the late 1950s and the tenements were replaced with a modern tower block complex in the sixties. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The Forgotten Gorbals - pub. 1948 Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 20 x 16'' inches / 51 x 41 cm Printed 2024 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print Limited edition issued and stamped on front by the Getty Archive London Edition size 300 only NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 10 x 8'' 10 x 12'' 12 x 16'' 16 x 20'' 20 x 24'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Bert Hardy Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995) was an English documentary and press photographer known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957. Life and work Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London. The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos. His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King. His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel. Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica. He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer, later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion. General Photographic Agency General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950. Picture Post and World War II In 1941, Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post. Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million. Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...

A rare photo of the Royal Family of England in 1940s, with George VI, Queen Mary, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Early George Bowes-Lyon, a young Queen Elizab...

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...

Antonio Gramsci's Sons - Historical Photo   is a  vintage photo, realized in 1948. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Ed. of 21, unframed print. Estate-stamped. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913, Parki...

A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Keystone View and Co. View of The Halles Market in Paris, circa 1940. Features: Original silver gelatin print photography unframed. Press photography. Press agency: KEYSTONE VIEW CO, Paris. Photographer: Anonymous. Title: Paris, The Halles, circa 1940. Provenance: Private collection. Image Size: 3.15 in high (8.1 cm) x 4.33 in wide (11.6 cm) - Archivally matted in a 17 in x 13 in mat. A typed caption at the back reads "Paris 1er ardt, Les Halles...

An original silver gelatin black and white photograph. Paris, the River Seine, and the Eiffel Tower, circa 1940. Features: Original silver gelatin print photography unframed. Press p...

Gypsy Rose Lee Vintage sliver print, c. 1940's Unsigned Provenance: Gift of Gypsy Rose Lee Julio de Diego (her husband) One of a s...

Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a  Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in 1940s.

Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a  Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in 1940s.

Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a  Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in 1940s.

Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska (born 14 July 1910 in Biecz , died May 7, 1998 in Warsaw) is a Polish painter, active advocate of socialist realism. Studied between 1928 and 1929 at the...

Signed in ink with early markings Ottawa. Vintage Photograph. An amazing example of one of the greatest portrait photographers of our generation. Great condition.

Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1940s. Good conditions.

Vintage photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1940s. Good conditions.

Queen Elisabeth and Princess Margaret Rose - Royal family is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1940s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of hist...