MUTTON CHOP MAN AND HIS WIFE AND BABY SIT FOR THEIR PORTRAIT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN

This cabinet card photograph is a studio photograph of a young family posing as if they are sitting in an outside garden. The man has some impressive mutton chops that seem to be distracting his wife. The photographer is Smith whose studio was in Detroit, Michigan.

PORTRAIT OF A RURAL MAN IN LITTLETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE

This photographic portrait is an image of a man who appears to have a rural background. Is this man a farmer; dressed in his best hat and bow tie? Note his bushy mustache. The photographer is Marshall D. Cobleigh who bought his studio in 1891. The studio was located in Littleton, New Hampshire. While working as a photographer, he studied law. After passing the bar, he sold the studio and practiced law in New Hampshire.

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INTERESTING MUSTACHE IN WINCHESTER, ILLINOIS

A well dressed gentleman poses for his cabinet card photograph at the studio of George Jefferson (not the “moving on up” George Jefferson). The reverse of the card indicates that the subject of this photograph is named George King. He is wearing a pin but the insignia image  is unclear and can’t be identified.

Published in: on April 10, 2010 at 12:01 am  Leave a Comment  
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WEDDING PORTRAIT: NUPTIALS HELD IN BEOGRAD, SERBIA

This Cabinet Card is a wedding portrait of a bride and groom in Beograd, Serbia. Beograd is Belgrade, the capital of  Serbia. The photographer was Mojsilovic. The groom is wearing a three piece suit, flowers on his lapel and a mustache which curls upward. The bride has flowers in her hair and appears to be wearing white gloves. There is a bouquet of flowers on the table next to the bride.

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BUSHY MUSTACHE IN EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN

This cabinet card is an addition to the “Mustache (Only the Best) category in the Cabinet Card Gallery. The gentleman in this photograph is wearing a long and bushy mustache and dress clothing for his portrait at the studio of Bonell, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Bonell was a photographer in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin from 1875 until 1890. To view more photographs by Bonell, click on the category “Photographer: Bonell”.

INCREDIBLE MUSTACHE IN SAN FRANCISCO

Mr. George West poses for his photograph at the Morse studio in San Francisco, California. Mr. West is sporting an incredible mustache earning him a spot in this blog’s Mustache (Only the Best) category. Research reveals that the photographer of this cabinet card is George Daniels Morse (b1835-?). Morse was active in photography in Grenwich, New York;  New York City; San Francisco (1862-1869 and 1896-1905); and Chicago. To view other photographs by Morse, click on Cabinet Card Gallery’s category “Photographer: Morse”.

Published in: on January 22, 2010 at 12:01 am  Comments (1)  
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IS THIS GUY A FAMOUS ACTOR OR DOES HE JUST LOOK LIKE ONE?

This is another Cabinet Card which presents some mystery. Emil Scholl is the Philadelphia photographer who took this image but who is this interesting looking gentleman. On the reverse of the card is the scribbled name of what looks to be “Charles Thomas” or “Charles Thome”. Both names are names belonging to actors of this period.  The Cabinet Card Gallery includes images of actors photographed by Scholl . Even if the subject of this photograph is not an actor, the image has great clarity and presents an imposing man with much character. Note the handlebar mustache.

BRITISH SOLDIER IN MUSSOORIE, INDIA

A British soldier poses for his Cabinet Card portrait in Mussoorie, India. The photographer is J. Bell Brothers. Mussoorie is a city 34 km from Dehradun in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The city is located in the foothills of the Himalaya Mountain ranges and the city is sometimes referred to as “Queen of the Hills”.

Published in: on December 27, 2009 at 3:49 pm  Comments (1)  
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GREAT SIDEBURNS IN MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK

SIDEBURNSNYA distinguished looking gentleman poses for photographer W. Kurtz of Madison Square, New York City, New York. Madison Square is the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in Manhattan.  Kurtz had photographic studios in New York, Philadelphia, Paris and Vienna. He photographed many celebrities of his time and his work is in the archives of many University libraries, including Harvard University.

WHISKERS IN BOSTON

BOSTON MUSTACHEThis Cabinet Card is an image of a distinguished looking gentleman with very interesting sideburns and moustache. He is posing at the Hartford Photographic Studio in Boston Massachusetts.

Published in: on October 23, 2009 at 7:13 pm  Leave a Comment  
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