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Courtroom at the Clutter trial in Garden City, Kansas
September 30, 1924 was the birthday of Truman Capote, a journalist and author Best known for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood." This is a photograph showing the visitors in the courtroom at the Clutter trial in Garden City, Kansas. People in the front row include Truman Capote (second from left), Harper Lee (next to Capote) and Elon Torrence (third from the right), reporter for the Associated Press, taking notes.
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