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American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs
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Author/Editor: Priscilla Harris Dalrymple
ISBN 10:0486265331
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Over 280 rare photographs document the clothing of ordinary men, women, and children from the 1840s through the 1890s, in what appears to be their Sunday best. Bustles, hoops, pantalets, shirtwaists, top hats, waistcoats, bowlers, other Victorian-era attire, as well as hairdressing and tonsorial styl...  read more
 


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Over 280 rare photographs document the clothing of ordinary men, women, and children from the 1840s through the 1890s, in what appears to be their Sunday best. Bustles, hoops, pantalets, shirtwaists, top hats, waistcoats, bowlers, other Victorian-era attire, as well as hairdressing and tonsorial styles. Introduction to fashions of each decade.
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Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486265331
ISBN 13: 9780486265339
Author/Editor: Priscilla Harris Dalrymple
Format: Book
Page Count: 128
Dimensions: 9 x 12
Publication date: March 1991
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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