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Click to enlargeFive Centuries of American Costume

R. Turner Wilcox
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ISBN: 0486436101
Page Count: 224
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Depictions of everyday wear of Vikings, Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, and principal North American Indian tribes, plus the varied costumes of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German, and Scandinavians who settled on the American continents. Military uniforms from the 16th to the mid-20th century are also portrayed. 404 black-and-white illustrations.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Scribner's, New York, 1963.

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