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.

Friday 2nd Movember: France & Germany

More moustache anonymity: both photographic postcards are unposted and carry no information. One is obviously French, the other obviously German.

It was essential to have something to lean on when having your portrait taken - be it a chair or a table - and to wear a cap (or kepi). Care has been taken to ensure that one's moustache presents as well-maintained.

The insouciance of the Frenchman contrasts nicely with the pomposity of the German - whose graver posture is somewhat leavened by the cheap vase of dried flowers by his side, crudely pasted with a photograph of his (judging by the enormous cross at his throat) military leader (also with moustache)...



























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