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.

Wednesday 27th Movember: Vysoké Myto, Czech Republic

Some very dapper-looking Czechs photographed by one Josef Lukes, in Vysoké Myto. I'm not sure if they are pre- or post-First World War. Are they independent Czechs or still under Austro-Hungarian rule? Most excellent moustaches, either way. And I love that we get to learn how to say postcard in seven different languages, none of them English....

Real photographic postcard,  Josef Lukes, Vysoké Myto, Czechoslovakia.




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