Golden Locks, Golden Looks

Perhaps a tad windblown, and perhaps a bit perturbed by the state it has left his hair in, but his mustache is as sturdy as the price of gold.

Another Fine and Bushy Fellow

A mustache so full and boisterous, it completely consumes his upper and lower lips. Delightful.

The Mustacheless Stand

...and yet still must lean on the mustachioed for support. So typical for those hapless in their liphairlessness.

The Deep Wells

I do believe that being surrounded in world filled with inferior mustaches has driven his poor fellow quite mad. If most gentlemen had the length and density of his wild mustache, this might be the best of all possible worlds. Alas, that lack is the despair in his eyes.

The Haberdashery Imperative

Matching hat to mustache is a sartorial computation that this gentleman has solved quite well.

We Three Mustached Gentleman

The win, place and show resultants from the Mid-Atlantic Inventors Fair and Mustache Cultivation Championships of 1871. While history lauds the Inventors Fair's Norris Benderstaff and his breakthrough discovery of mica-laced tooth powders, little is known of the Champion Mustache Cultivators. Due to the long tradition and unwavering intricacies of mustache competitions, we do know that the winner stands, the runner-up sits at his right hand, and The Mustache Genteelity prizewinner at his left. But all the rest, even these gentleman's names, has been lost to the restless combs of history.

The Blurry Mustache

A slovenly display of the tintypist's art. Shameful that this gentleman's compact mustache be given such short shrift.

The Drowsy Mustache

It looks like someone has been spending too much time at the local somnambulist outfitters. I hope he does not shave off his mustache in a fit of hypnagogic dysphoria.

The Rugged Mustache

A fine and thick mustache that saw this gentleman's upper lip through many a harsh Missouri winter. A mustache that struck West, and surely found riches and the attentions of a good wife.

The Abused Tintype

A jaunty hat, a fine mustache, and an impressive gold watchchain were not enough to keep this poor gentleman's tintype from being attacked. Some barelipped hooligans folded it in half, most likely in a fit of extreme jealousy.

The Streamlined Mustache

His jaunty bouffant and rapscallion tie reveal him to be a man of a terpsichorean bent. The streamlined mustache supports this conclusion wonderfully.

Mustaches Promote Good Posture

Just look at how those bare-lipped louts are unable to sit up straight. One even leans in the presence of two fine mustaches! The disrespect!

The mustache requires balance and grace from the wearer, promoting good and correct posture.

Speechless Before The Mustache Sandwich

The shriek of delight from the interns when they stumbled upon this image roused the entire Institute to come and take a look. Nineteenth Century mustache portraiture is always a formal affair; to find such an innocent image of the mustache at play is rare indeed.

Genetics and The Mustache

Sometimes, even the most diligent mustache cultivator is hampered by simple genetics.. This gentleman is obviously of superior mustache stock, as evidenced by his pronounced philtrum. His is a most impressive bloodline; I hope he had many sons.

Mustache and Sideburns

With a proud overhand twist, this gentleman highlights the fact that he is sporting a mustache plus sideburns. Since this image is from maybe 15 years before the heyday of the facesehlf during the administration of President Arthur, he maybe a considered a pioneer of the style.

Troubled Businessman On Top, Bushy Peace Officer Up Front

Growing Pangs

When the first, tender shoots of the mustache sprout is a delicate time in a young man's life.

The Dapper Hat'tache

The Dark Road to Beard-dom

I hope it is just a shadow on this gentleman's lower lip and not the beginnings of a beard.

Visual Lexiconography

Possibly the origin of that obscure phrase: "Oh, fiddle'stache!"