Remembering the Party of the Century: 13 Masks Designed in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball Inline

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    Photographed by Lawrence Fried (left) and Elliott Erwitt, Vogue, January 1967
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    Top left: Mrs. Philip L. Graham greets Mrs. Nicholas Longworth; Right: Mrs. John Barry Ryan, III, with Mr. Truman Capote

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    Photographed by Elliott Erwitt, Vogue, January 1967
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    The Party: After the midnight unmasking in the plaza ballroom, the black-and-white brilliance of the guests. Among them, here: Mrs. Stephane Groueff; Princess Stanislas Radziwill; Mrs. Henry Ford, II; Conte Crespi; Mrs. Philip L. Graham; Mrs. Stephen Smith; Mrs. René Bouché.

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    Photographed by Lawrence Fried (left) and Elliott Erwitt, Vogue, January 1967
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    Photographed by Lawrence Fried, Vogue, January 1967
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