Highlights from my collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs (cabinet photographs, cartes de visite (cdvs), albumen prints, real photographic postcards) of men with moustaches (or mustaches, depending on which side of the pond you hail from). We travel the world gleaning bits of information whilst admiring the expertly twirled moustaches on display.

Wed 2nd: Aden

Aden, in Yemen, was a British possession until 1967. A port, it lay equidistant from the Suez Canal, Bombay and Zanzibar and provided somewhere to stock up on supplies to and from British India, in particular coal and water. It was administered as part of British India until 1937 and was known as the Aden Settlement. This photograph was taken by J. Coutinho around 1900. The soldiers are numbered on the back and the word Rattlers is written in pencil. Can anyone explain what this means?

Four soldiers. Cabinet card. Aden, Yemen.


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