Lewis & Clark College

Aubrey R. Watzek Library

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WPA Costumes of the World

This collection includes a set of images created by the Museum Extension Project of the WPA Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Unit depicting various world costumes from ancient Egypt to the 1890s.

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Greek Doric 600 B.C.- 400B.C.

Plate No. 9 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Early Victorian 1840-1865 A.D.

Plate No. 100 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Prehistoric Man About 35000 B.C.

Plate No. 1 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Greek Ionic 400B.C.- 300 B.C.

Plate No. 10 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Greek Ionic 400 B.C.- 300 B.C.

Plate No. 11 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Greek Military 1200 B.C.- 150 B.C.

Plate No. 12 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Early Roman 700 B.C.- 500 B.C.

Plate No. 13 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Republican Rome 500 B.C.- 30 B.C.

Plate No. 14 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Republican Rome 500 B.C.- 30 B.C.

Plate No. 15 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Republican Rome 500 B.C.- 30 B.C.

Plate No. 16 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Roman Empire 31 B.C.- 476 A.D.

Plate No. 17 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Byzantine 400 A.D.- 1100 A.D.

Plate No. 19 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Egyptian Old Kingdom 2800 B.C.- 2130 B.C.

Plate No. 2 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Byzantine 400 A.D.- 1100 A.D.

Plate No. 20 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Early Middle Ages 1000 A.D.- 1300 A.D.

Plate No. 21 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Middle Ages (Middle Class) 1000 A.D.- 1300 A.D.

Plate No. 22 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Middle Ages (Lower Class) 1000 A.D.- 1300 A.D.

Plate No. 23 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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XIV Century 1300 A.D.- 1400 A.D.

Plate No. 25 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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XIV Century 1300 A.D.- 1400 A.D.

Plate No. 27 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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XIV Century 1300 A.D.- 1400 A.D.

Plate No. 26 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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XIV Century 1300 A.D.- 1400 A.D.

Plate No. 28 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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XV Century 1400 A.D.- 1500 A.D.

Plate No. 29 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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XV Century 1400 A.D.- 1500 A.D.

Plate No. 30 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Italian XV Century 1400 A.D.- 1500 A.D.

Plate No. 31 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Henry VIII (Peasant) 1500 A.D.- 1550 A.D.

Plate No. 32 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Henry VIII (Middle Class) 1500 A.D.- 1550 A.D.

Plate No. 33 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Henry VIII (Peasant) 1500 A.D.- 1550 A.D.

Plate No. 34 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Henry VIII (Middle Class) 1500 A.D.- 1550 A.D.

Plate No. 35 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Henry VIII (King) 1500 A.D.- 1550 A.D.

Plate No. 36 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Henry VIII (German) 1500 A.D.- 1550 A.D.

Plate No. 37 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Elizabethan (Peasant) 1550 A.D.- 1620 A.D.

Plate No. 38 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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European Folk Festival Costumes Norway~Voss

Plate No. 3-A from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Elizabethan 1550 A.D.- 1620 A.D.

Plate No. 40 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Assyrian 800 B.C.- 500 B.C.

Plate No. 5 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Persian 500 B.C.- 300 B.C.

Plate No. 6 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Cretan 2000 B.C.- 1200 B.C.

Plate No. 7 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Greek Homeric 1200 B.C.- 550 B.C.

Plate No. 8 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Early Victorian 1840-1865 A.D.

Plate No. 101 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Late Victorian 1840-1865 A.D.

Plate No. 102 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Late Victorian 1840-1865 A.D.

Plate No. 103 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Late Victorian 1840-1865 A.D.

Plate No. 104 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Late Victorian 1865-1890 A.D.

Plate No. 105 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Late Victorian 1865-1890 A.D.

Plate No. 106 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Late Victorian 1865-1890 A.D.

Plate No. 107 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Late Victorian 1865-1890 A.D.

Plate No. 108 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Gay Nineties 1890-1900 A.D.

Plate No. 109 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Gay Nineties 1890-1900 A.D.

Plate No. 110 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Gay Nineties 1890-1900 A.D.

Plate No. 111 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Gay Nineties 1890-1900 A.D.

Plate No. 112 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935

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Gay Nineties 1890-1900 A.D.

Plate No. 113 from Costumes of the World: 100 Hand Colored Plates From Ancient Egypt to the Gay Nineties

1935