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• The “I Love You” letter written by Mary Miles Minter and found
   in Taylor’s apartment

• A coded love letter written by Mary Miles Minter and found
   in Taylor’s apartment

• Comparison of the handwriting of Edward Sands, Snyder, Strathmore,
   and the burglar of Taylor’s apartment [PDF file]

• Cover of Taylorology #1, reprinting several good headlines

• Map of the Alvarado Court apartments where Taylor lived and died
   [PDF file]

• Drawing of the murder scene, published in a local newspaper
   on the day Taylor’s body was found

• Newspaper Extra!: Mystery Gunman Kills Film Director Taylor

Sketches of Taylor

• Sketch of William Desmond Taylor in Los Angeles Herald, December 22,
   1919, artist: Wyn Barden

• Sketch of William Desmond Taylor in Los Angeles Express, January 10,
   1921, artist: Billy Cam

• Sketch of William Desmond Taylor in the New York Dramatic Mirror,
   February 19, 1921, artist: Charles Gordon Saxton

• Sketch of William Desmond Taylor on the cover of the New York Dramatic
   Mirror, April 16, 1921, artist: Charles Gordon Saxton

• Sketch of William Desmond Taylor in Screenland, April 1922, artist: Frank
   (Franz) Geritz