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.

Tuesday 19th Movember: Toledo, Idaho

Toledo is known as the Glass City because of its long association with aspects of the glass industry - from prosaic windows and bottles to glass art now proudly displayed in the Toledo Museum of Art. Perhaps our man today was an expert glass-blower, although his impressive moustache might have made such an occupation a distinct impossibility...

Cabinet photographs with a dark background like this are much rarer than those with the normal light background and are particularly striking.

Cabinet photograph by Hassell of Toleda, Iowa, USA.


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