The Halloween Library

Truman Capote, whose cremated remains would themselves go to auction in Los Angeles decades after his death

Truman Capote, whose cremated remains would themselves go to auction in Los Angeles decades after his death — historic image
Truman Capote, whose cremated remains would themselves go to auction in Los Angeles decades after his death. Historic image from the Chapter 1 — Houdini and Hollywood collection.

Truman Capote, whose cremated remains would themselves go to auction in Los Angeles decades after his death

Pictorial America: Halloween

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Hollywood Halloween Horrors

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

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NotesTruman Capote, whose cremated remains would themselves go to auction in Los Angeles decades after his death. Source: Truman Capote. Wikimedia Commons, via the Wikipedia article “Truman Capote.” Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 Generic.
SubjectsFigure 1.7 in Hollywood Halloween Horrors
Original scan1,729 × 2,500 px · prints to 6 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceFig 1.7 F0108a-1 Ch4-Wiki-60-1

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The Halloween Library gathers the pictures behind the holiday: vintage cards, Library of Congress prints and the illustrations from the Hollywood Halloween Horrors book, with the history behind each one.