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Margaret Hamilton out of costume

Margaret Hamilton out of costume — historic image
Margaret Hamilton out of costume. Historic image from the Chapter 4 — Halloween Comes to Television collection.

Margaret Hamilton out of costume

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Hollywood Halloween Horrors

The Halloween Library, Volume I · by Edward Moran and James Lantos · Globe Pequot

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NotesMargaret Hamilton out of costume. She spent thirty-six years being the most frightening thing many American children had ever seen — and this is the woman underneath, which is exactly what she went on the Neighborhood to show them. Source: Margaret Hamilton, actress, circa late 1950s. Photofest.
SubjectsFigure 4.19 in Hollywood Halloween Horrors
ReferenceFig 4.19 F0417a Margaret_Hamilton_portrait

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