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Alligators always dress for dinner : an alphabet book of vintage photographs

by Linda Donigan, Michael Horwitz

A collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century sepia duotone photographs documenting diverse global cultures, occupations, and historical scenes. Alphabetical information pages provide detailed context for each image.

Accession 25784 ISBN 1884592082 Publisher Images from the Past
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