J. B. TITUS AND HIS BEARD IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

A gentleman, identified as J. B. Titus (on the reverse of the cabinet card) is the subject of this photograph by G. E. Lawrence, of Los Angeles, California. George E. Lawrence was also a member of the California National Guard and was listed as holding a rank of Major and as being a Signal Officer. The military information is listed in a publication of the California Adjutant General’s Office (1906). The subject, Mr. Titus, has an interesting thick and scraggly beard which qualifies him to join the Cabinet Card Gallery’s category of “Beards (Only the Best)”. Click on the category to view multiple photographs of remarkable beards.

Published in: on February 1, 2011 at 12:01 am  Leave a Comment  
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ASIAN MAN IN DAVENPORT, IOWA (IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO!)

This photograph features a gentleman of Asian appearance posing in the studio of Jarvis White, in Davenport, Iowa. The subject may not actually be of Asian descent; the hypothesis is certainly debatable. The gentleman has a fantastic and well tended mustache and beard. The photograph has remarkable clarity. The reverse of the photo has a pencilled inscription of a woman’s first name (Grace) and an illegible last name. The card is also dated November, 1898. To view other images of interesting facial hair, click on this site’s categories of Beards: (Only the Best) and Mustaches (Only the Best). The photographer of this image established his photographic studio in 1874 and was the successor to Hastings, White & Fisher, of 320 Brady Street, in Davenport, Iowa.

Published in: on January 11, 2011 at 12:01 am  Leave a Comment  
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BAD BEARD IN DELAVAN, ILLINOIS

This cabinet card captures a gentleman with a very unattractive beard. Whoever was responsible for maintaining this beard should have their tonsorial license revoked. The photographer is Coles Studio, located in Delavan, Illinois. Other noteworthy beards can be seen by clicking this sites category of  “Beards (Only the Best)”.

Published in: on October 31, 2010 at 12:01 am  Comments (1)  
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THE MAN WITH THE SCRAGGLY BEARD

This gentleman has earned a place in the Cabinet Card Gallery’s “Beards (Only the Best)” category. His long scraggly beard is a masterpiece of facial hair design. No identifying information is available concerning the subject or the photographer associated with this photograph. To see other wonderful images of men with beards, click on the Beards category.


Published in: on August 18, 2010 at 12:01 am  Leave a Comment  
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BEARDED MAN IN TECUMSEH, NEBRASKA

This cabinet card photograph captures a bearded man posing for his portrait at the studio of Hover  & Shaw in Tecumseh, Nebraska.  Hover & Shaw were active photographers in the 1890’s.  The gentleman in this image wears a beard that is nicely groomed and he gains entry into the Cabinet Card Gallery’s “Beards (Only the Best)” category. Check out the category for some interesting adventures in the beard world.

Published in: on May 12, 2010 at 12:01 am  Leave a Comment  
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BIZARRE FACIAL HAIR IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

The gentleman photographed for this cabinet card  wears his beard in a most unusual style. His place in the Cabinet Card Gallery’s category of  “Beards (Only the Best)” is well deserved. The photographer of this portrait is Alexander C. Brownell of Providence, Rhode Island. Brownell’s death notice appeared  in a 1916 photographic magazine. The article stated that Brownell died in New York City of “hardening of the arteries” but that his health had been less than robust for the previous 30 years due to his accidentally poisoning himself thirty years earlier while experimenting with chemicals to be used for zinc etchings.

Published in: on February 26, 2010 at 12:01 am  Leave a Comment  
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A MAN AND HIS MEDAL IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

This dapper gentleman is wearing a medal and ribbon as he poses for this portrait at the studio of Applegate, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. What does this medal and ribbon represent? Is this gentleman a veteran of the civil war? Is he a member of a fraternal organization or political party? The answer to these questions will be very difficult to obtain but perhaps a visitor to this site may have some ideas to share about the type of medal and ribbon the subject is wearing. The gentleman’s beard is quite interesting. He has no mustache or whiskers immediately under his lower lip. He qualifies for Cabinet Card Gallery’s category of  “Beards (Only The Best). The photographer of this cabinet card led an interesting life. In 1860, James R. Applegate had a photographic studio in Philadelphia that was three floors high. In 1877, a St. Louis photography magazine visited Applegate’s studio and wrote that he “encases 50 portrait faces every minute…. with a bevy of young ladies finishing the same and scores waiting to be set”. In 1884, Applegate opened the first successful amusement pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The boardwalk included one of his photography studios. In 1891, he moved the carousel from the boardwalk to Philadelphia and a year later, the police raided the carousel and arrested him and 200 guests. He was charged with “keeping a disorderly house” and an unnamed more serious offense.

Published in: on February 19, 2010 at 12:01 am  Comments (2)  
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MOUTHLESS MAN IN SPICELAND, INDIANA (MAN WITH FORMIDABLE BEARD)

This Cabinet Card is an image of a gentleman with a very interesting beard. I wonder what the psychological implications are of a man who keeps his mouth completely hidden by facial hair. The mans eyes however, are very communicative. The photographer is Huddleston whose studio was in Spiceland, Indiana. Cephus M. Huddleston (1832- ?) was born in Indiana but little biographacial data was uncovered in recent reseach. The town of Spiceland was settled in the 1820’s by Quaker pioneers from Virginia and the Carolinas. The town was named after the spice bush which was prevalent there. In the 1890’s there were a number of factories including those that manufactured furniture, glass and glue. The town was the location of Friends Academy (1870-1921) and the Spiceland Sanitarium and Mineral Springs (1893-1913).

Published in: on February 13, 2010 at 12:01 am  Leave a Comment  
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GROOMED BEARD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

A distinguished serious gentleman sits for his cabinet card portrait at one of the studios of photographer B. Etter. Etter had photographic studio locations in New Hampshire. He had a businesses in Great Falls and in Rochester.

Published in: on January 23, 2010 at 12:01 am  Leave a Comment  
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POINTY BEARD IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (1885)

Mr  A. W. Sibley poses for his portrait at the studio of E. S. Dunshee in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr Sibley is well dressed and his hair and beard are very styled. His beard comes to a point and is eligible for the Cabinet Card Gallery’s category of “Beard (Only the Best)”.   Please visit this beard hall of fame.  Interestingly, unlike most hall of fame inductees, Mr Sibley lacks a mustache. Photographer Edward Sidney Dunshee was born 1823 in Bristol, Vermont and died in 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  In 1857 he and Cornelius Dunshee (his father) were photographers in Falls River, MA. He produced ambrotypes and daguerrotypes there. He next operated out of New Bedford, MA. One of his New Bedford clients was Henry David Thoreau, who sat for a portrait in 1861.By 1873 he and Thomas Rice Burnham operated as Dunshee and Burnham in Boston, MA. Between 1873 and 1876 he and Edward Byron Dunshee were in business as E. S. Dunshee and Son and located on Tremont Row in Boston, MA.  By 1880, Edward Sidney Dunshee had moved to Philadelphia and apparently, after some time, his son took over the business. It appears that E. S. Dunshee had his last studio in Trenton, New Jersey (1894-1901). This Cabinet Card is dated 1885 and appears to be a product of the studio when it was operated by the son in the business, Edward Byron Dunshee. To view other photographs by E. S. Dunshee, click on the category, “Photographer: Dunshee”. Dunshee’s photography resume is confusing because different sources offer slightly different histories. In addition, the fact that his father and son were photographers, further clouds the accuracy of his biographical material. Clearly some writers have confused and entangled each of the Dunshee’s life story.

Published in: on January 14, 2010 at 12:44 am  Comments (1)  
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