Steve Starr Papers

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Steve Starr was a photographer, writer, designer, artist, chronicler of film personalities, and owner of Steve Starr Studios, a store which specialized in original Art Deco artifacts and photo frames. Starr’s column on movie stars of the 1920s through the 1940s, named Starrlight, appeared in publications including Entertainment Magazine Online, Windy City Times, and the Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine. Starr was also the author of Picture Perfect-Deco Photo Frames 1926-1946, published by Rizzoli International Publications in 1991. His collection contains numerous photographic negatives, photographs, slides, photo albums, award plaques, and press clippings.

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Gift

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