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.

Saturday 16th Movember: France

Back to France where they had a fine line in 'fancy' or 'fantaisie' postcards during the First World War and beyond. All of them, almost without exception, feature men sporting fine moustaches.

Modes of transport were quite a favourite for 'fancy' cards: trains, balloons, aeroplanes, bicycles. Rarely, though, cars.

But here we have Charles, a most up-to-date young man, wishing René a Happy New Year for 1913 from the seat of his French automobile. Let's hope he survived the upheaval of the next few years...

It's a mystery to me how these particular postcards got to where they were supposed to be going - both cards are stamped but neither addressed....most peculiar.

Two postcards, 1912.





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