Manners, Culture and Dress of the Best American Society

Author Richard A. Wells American

Author Preface by Reverend Willard E. Waterbury American

Publisher King, Richardson & Co. American

1890

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Title: Manners, Culture and Dress of the Best American Society
Author: Richard A. Wells (American, active ca. 1890)
Author: Preface by Reverend Willard E. Waterbury (American, active ca. 1890)
Publisher: King, Richardson & Co. (Springfield, Massachusetts and Des Moines, Iowa)
Date: 1890
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20 x 15 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Spencer Bickerton, 1943
Object Number: 43.2.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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