Whiskers Under the Chin

I wonder how this particular style came about. Was it meant to cover a scar? Or an unsightly adam's apple? Dirty collars?

By Sarony
Gold Medal Paris, 1878
37 Union Square
New York
Elevator from the Street
Cabinet card, 4.25 x 6.5 inches

3.25 x 2.5 inches

By Stone's Great Northern
Photo. and Copying House
Potsdam, N.Y.
Carte de Visite, 2.5 x 4.25 inches

Mustaches, Again

Joseph McMartin
Chicago, Ill.
By Sam. B. Revenaugh, Photographer
28 Huron St.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Carte de Visite, 2.5 x 4.25 inches



By Walter P. Chase
First Floor Gallery
176 Water St.
Elmira, N.Y.
Carte de Visite, 2.5 x 4.25 inches



By Edsall
West Side Gallery
487 Eighth Avenue
Near 34th St.
New York
Cabinet card, 4.25 x 6.5 inches

What to Add to a Mustache

One can do all sorts of things to augment a mustache: add a beard but leave it distinct from the 'stache, grow some chin whiskets or thin, long sideburns always look fancy.

By Sam. B. Revenauch
28 Huron Street
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Carte de Visite, 2.5 x 4.25 inches

By Ed. B. Rogers' Gallery
Two doors E. of Opera House
Hamilton, O.
Carte de Visite, 2.5 x 4.25 inches

By Hostetter &Cass(damaged)
Minerva, Stark Co. Ohio
Carte de Visite, 2.5 x 4.25 inches

Back to the 'Stache

After all the to-do over those fancy whiskering, it's time for the plain old mustache.

By A. G. Da Lee
Lawrence, Kansas
Carte de Visite, 2.5 x 4.25 inches



By D. P. Groves
Opposite Cook's Hotel
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Carte de Visite, 2.5 x 4.25 inches




By Schulze
116 Stockton & 48 O'Farrell Sts.
San Francisco
3.25 x 5.25 inches, mounted to a 7 x 9 inch board