Take my home from drab to Hollywood glam

April 29, 2009 3:35 PM

I'm looking for a source for black and white photos of old black Hollywood film stars a la Nina Mae McKinney, Dorothy Dandrige, et. al.

Google and Ebay turned up nothing ... unless I'm not searching the right terms.

Hoping the green can help me turn my cookie-cutter apartment into a swank old Hollywood pad.

posted by notjustfoxybrown to Home & Garden (6 answers total)

Yousuf Karsh shot some of the most iconic hollywood-era style portraits.
posted by jedrek at 3:44 PM on April 29, 2009

Best answer: Have you looked through the Google Life archives? They have some great ones of Dorothy Dandridge.
posted by Ugh at 4:11 PM on April 29, 2009

Response by poster: Ugh,
The Google Life archives had some good stuff but more importantly, it lead me to allposters.com. I'd never seen it. They have some awesome, awesome prints. Thanks!
posted by notjustfoxybrown at 4:19 PM on April 29, 2009

Take a look at Doctor Macro e.g. Josephine Baker
posted by tellurian at 5:52 PM on April 29, 2009

2nd Doctor Macro, if you have access to a good printer. The site has a number of wonderful high-res scans.

For example, Dorothy Dandridge (more).

Browse through their Galleries.
posted by fings at 5:54 AM on April 30, 2009

Word. Combine it with the Rasterbator = WIN.
posted by tellurian at 6:38 AM on April 30, 2009