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Plague Costumes!

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Caryn Jeffery Leave a Comment on Plague Costumes!

Here is a link to a wonderful article about plague-wear for doctors from

The Public Domain Review.

Check it out!

“The invention of the plague doctor costume, complete with beaked mask, is credited to the French physician Charles de Lorme (1584–1678), who’s thought to have developed it in 1619.”

ENJOY!

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