Iconic Photos from the Getty Images gallery
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Getty Images gallery, the world´s largest commercial photography archive with a collection of over 90 million images, selected unique and iconic imagery for its exhibition "Best of Archive". From this treasure trove of images, only 0.1 per cent are digitized. The Getty Images gallery is located in central London. Images courtesy: Getty Images gallery.
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Lounging Tallulah 1932: American actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968), who made her name as a stage actress and won a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for her performance in The Little Foxes in 1939. (Photo by Irving Lippman/John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images) Irving Lippman
Head Of David British pop singer David Bowie in concert at Earl's Court, London during his 1978 world tour. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) Evening Standard
Carlton Hotel The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons 2013 Getty Images
Salford Street Fun 1951: Children playing with an old tyre on the streets of Salford, Manchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5461 - Salford Holiday - unpub. (Photo by John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images) John Chillingworth
Hello Sweetheart 18th November 1939: British sailors talk to a woman in a New York bar (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images) Not to be licensed for wall decor or fine art prints without prior approval. Kurt Hutton
Posters In Hiroshima A woman walking past a line of advertising posters in Hiroshima, July 1955. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7849 - Hiroshima - pub. 1955 (Photo by John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) John Chillingworth 2007 Getty Images
Taking Communion Marine chaplain Eli Tavesian giving communion to marine Louis A Loya, at Forward Command Post in Hue, Vietnam. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images) Terry Fincher
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