The bright side of humanity; glimpses of life in every land
A general survey of customs and daily life across many countries, compiled by Edward Leigh Pell and published in Richmond, Virginia, in 1900 for a general reading public. The pictures are dim, grainy halftone photographs and engravings of groups in costume and a single standing woman in a veil and beaded jewellery, rotated on the page, showing dress and gathering scenes that suggest ethnographic typing for a designer studying period costume.
