Prof. Paul Hazard

Prof. Paul Hazard (LOC), a photo by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Bain News Service,, publisher.

Prof. Paul Hazard

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16572

Call Number: LC-B2- 3148-15

Austrian Mustache

Untitled, a photo by ggaabboo on Flickr.

photographer: Robert Steidl - Bruck / Austria 1870 - 88

Charlie Chaplin had a Fantastic Mustache

The Pilgrim (1923)

Short Film
Writer/Director: Charles Chaplin
Cinematographer: Roland Totheroh
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Kitty Bradbury, Syd Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charles Reisner, Tom Murray
via the One-Line Review

An escaped convict on the lam, disguised as a preacher, is mistaken for the new minister of Devil's Gulch, where he muddles through a service, falls for his landlady’s daughter, and comes unstuck at the hands of a former cellmate, in this tremendously entertaining if somewhat unexceptional Chaplin short. Iain.Stott

Mack Swain, American Actor

Mack Swain (February 16, 1876 - August 25, 1935) was an American actor and vaudevillian, prolific throughout the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. ) from Wikipedia

Mack Swain (1876-1935) -American comedian. Outer: Entered show business quite young, touring with minstrel shows, vaudeville troupes and stock companies. In 1899, he married Cora King. Spent some two decades on the stage, before joining the Keystone stable in his late 30s. 6’2”, 280 lbs. Started out as a support to Charlie Chaplin, playing his large size off the diminutive comedian as a heavy foil, before starring in his own series as an oversized lecher named Ambrose with a huge mustache and heavy make-up. Remained with Keystone for 4 years, then moved around to several studios, as his initial film career waned. Married. Rescued by Charlie Chaplin, who cast him in his most memorable role as prospector Big Jim McKay in The Gold Rush, in 1925, where in his hunger and delerium, he imagines Chaplin as an edible chicken. Played character parts and occasional leads in feature films, and then retired, before dying of a probable heart attack. Inner: Genial, modest, lovable. Large-framed lifetime, once again, of playing with the comic possibilities of a huge body, and once more being undone by his appetites and a heart that could not support his overblown physical frame.

Erbprinz Max von Baden, Chancellor of Germany

Erbprinz Max von Baden, letzter kaiserlicher Reichskanzler , a photo by Miss Mertens on Flickr.

prinz Max von Baden

Maximilian of Baden (also known as Max von Baden; full name: Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm of Baden) (10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929) was a German nobleman and politician. He was heir to the grand duchy of Baden and in 1918 briefly served as chancellor of Germany, overseeing the transformation into a parliamentary system.

Life

As Chancellor, October 1918

Born in Baden-Baden, Maximilian was the son of Prince Wilhelm of Baden, third son of Leopold, grand duke of Baden, and Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, a niece of Alexander II, Czar of Russia.

He was named after his maternal grandfather, Maximilian Jevgenevich de Beauharnais, duke of Leuchtenberg, and bore a resemblance to his cousin,Napoleon III, emperor of the French.

Following the death of his father in 1897, he was heir to the grand-ducal throne of his cousin Frederick II.

[edit]Chancellor

Noted as a liberal before and during the First World War, he was appointed Chancellor of Germany in October 1918 in order to negotiate an armistice with the Allies in the last days of the war. Although he had serious reservations about the way theGerman General Staff wanted to conduct negotiations, he accepted the charge, and appointed a government that for the first time included representatives of the Social Democrats, Friedrich Ebert and Philipp Scheidemann.

The government's efforts to secure an armistice were interrupted by the outbreak of revolution in Germany in early November. Maximilian urged Emperor William II to abdicate. Despite similar advice by Paul von Hindenburg and Wilhelm Groener of the General Staff, the Emperor considered abdication only as Emperor, not as King of Prussia. On 9 November 1918, Maximilian went ahead and announced the abdication anyway, and then resigned in favor of Friedrich Ebert.

[edit]Later life

Prince Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, spent the rest of his life in retirement. In 1928, following the death of Grand Duke Frederick II, he became head of the House of Baden. He died at Salem the following year.

Text from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Maximilian_of_Baden

$1000 Reward

Reward, a photo by Thomas Shahan 3 on Flickr.

$1000 REWARD  $1000
O'DOR, O'DOR.
I warrant my Golden O'Dor to force a beautiful set of whiskers or moustaches to grow on the smoothest face infrom five to eight weeks; also hair restored on bald heads in eight weeks. Proved by the testimonials of thousands. Price $1. Sent to any address postpaid on receipt of price. Address
Dr. C. BRIGGS, P/O. Drawer 6308, Chicago, Ill.

Magnetic Anti-Headache Cap

hills anti-headache cap 1900, a photo by Captain Geoffrey Spaulding on Flickr.

A Boon for all Brain Workers


hills magnetic anti-headache cap 1900

Lord Kitchener Wants You to grow a Mustache

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Britons: Lord Kitchener Wants You. Join Your Country's Army! God save the King.
A 1914 recruitment poster depicting Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener above the words "WANTS YOU" was the most famous image used in the British Army recruitment campaign of World War I. The poster was designed by Alfred Leete and had first appeared as a cover illustration for London Opinion, one of the most influential magazines in the world, on 5 September 1914. A similar poster used the words "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU". It is often wrongly referred to as "BRITONS WANTS YOU".

On the outbreak of the First World War, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Herbert Asquith appointed Kitchener as Secretary of State for War. Kitchener was the first member of the military to hold the post and was given the task of recruiting a large army to fight Germany.

The poster has often been seen as a driving force helping to bring millions of men into the Army. The image first appeared in the front cover of the hugely influential London Opinion magazine on 5 September 1914, a month that had the highest number of volunteers. In response to requests for reproductions, the magazine issued postcard-sized copies, and the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee obtained permission to use the design in poster form. The Times recorded the scene in London on 3 January 1915; "Posters appealing to recruits are to be seen on every hoarding, in most windows, in omnibuses, tramcars and commercial vans. The great base of Nelson's Pillar is covered with them. Their number and variety are remarkable. Everywhere Lord Kitchener sternly points a monstrously big finger, exclaiming 'I Want You'". Although it became one of the most famous posters in history, its widespread circulation did not halt the decline in recruiting.

The W.L. Douglas $3 SHOE

1886 ... portrait shoe!  Originally uploaded by x-ray delta one

The W.L. Douglas $3 SHOE   from 1886

BEWARE OF FRAUD.
Ask for, and insist upon having W.L.DOUGLAS SHOES. Non genuine without W.L. Douglas name and price stamped on bottom. Look for it when you buy. Sold everywhere.

This is the best $3. Shoe in the world.

Astronomer and Alchemist Tycho Brahe had a Fantastic Mustache

 

Heavenly Intrigue: Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History's Greatest Scientific Discoveries

Tycho Brahe (14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601), born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, was a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations. Coming from Scania, then part of Denmark, now part of modern-day Sweden, Tycho was well known in his lifetime as an astronomer and alchemist.



In his De nova stella (Of new stars) of 1573, he refuted the theory of the celestial spheres by showing the celestial heavens were not in an immutable or unchanging state of perfection as previously assumed by Aristotle and Ptolemy. His precise measurements indicated that "new stars" (now known as novae or supernovae), in particular that of 1572, lacked the parallax expected in sub-lunar phenomenon, and were therefore not "atmospheric" tail-less comets as previously believed, but occurred above the atmosphere and moon. Using similar measurements he showed that comets were also not atmospheric phenomena, as previously thought, and must pass through the supposed "immutable" celestial spheres.

Adm. E.W. Eberle (LOC)

Adm. E.W. Eberle (LOC)
Originally uploaded by The Library of Congress

During a variety of assignments, including service in the Spanish American War and the world cruise of the Great White Fleet, he showed an aptitude for naval gunnery, wrote a manual for gun and torpedo drills, helped set up the first wireless telegraphs on naval vessels, developed tactical doctrine for destroyers, and experimented with deploying aircraft to locate submarines. During World War I he was Superintendent of the Naval Academy.

www.history.navy.mil/library/Bios/eberle_ew.html

Black Beard and Upswept Hair

Originally uploaded by ggaabboo

Portrait of a mustachioed man in suit with waistcoat

This portrait is from a glass plate negative from circa 1900.

Gift of the Estate of Raymond W Phillips, 2008

From the Phillips Glass Plate Negative Collection, Powerhouse Museum

Portrait of a man in suit with waistcoat
Originally uploaded by Powerhouse Museum Collection

www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=Phillips_Glass_Plate_Negative

Dashing Young Man by Barron of Sarnia, ON - Carte de Visite

Dashing Young Man by Barron of Sarnia, ON - Carte de Visite
Originally uploaded by snap-happy1

A fantastic mustache, and a great tie too.



Großherzog Friedrich I. von Baden 1826 - 1907, Grand Duke of Baden

Großherzog Friedrich I. von Baden 1826 - 1907, Grand Duke of Baden
Originally uploaded by Miss Mertens

Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (* 9. September 1826 in Karlsruhe, 28. September 1907 on the island Mainau) Was 1852-1856 Regent and from 1856 until his death in 1907 Grand Duke of Grand Duchy Baden.