. >> this is one written by the clothes designer joe abboud. it is a photograph from new york city in figure 23rd of 1906. -- in february 23 of 1906. it has something to do with the tuxedo. what is this photo about? >> i just thought it was sort of exquisite in its own way and celebratory and a little bit about men's fashion. joe was kind enough to write about it and talk about tuxedos. >> what did you hope to a compass with this book? >> well, just to finish it. [laughter] i actually wanted to -- i thought it was fun to have a little view of history, of a time in america that wasn't instructional first and foremost. it was a little bit more anecdotal and a little bit more archaeological, meaning random. so you sort of take a look at them and you see bunches of where it photos and then the captions explain them. i had an image of high school students flipping through it and loving it if they flipped through it. >> maryland, date unknown, infantry division. the liner notes say that there's a mailing 25,000 people in this photograph. >> yes. >> w