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A young woman poses in a costume that includes shorts, high heels, print fabric, and a stovepipe hat.

Studio portrait of E. M. Winterbourne. He wears glasses, a suit, and tie.

Colorado City Hose Team pose in front of the diagonal batten door outside the brick fire station, South Twenty-sixth and Cucharas streets, El Paso County, Colorado. The men stand wearing dark underwear shirts and shorts with arms crossed and their brass hose nozzle proudly on display in front of them.

Hipster or History?

Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute); dress includes fur, a hair pipe choker, a moustache, and a Rutherford Hayes Indian Peace Medal.

Studio portrait of Frank P. Stewart, owner of a confectionery store and a resident of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a dark corduroy jacket, an upright, round collar and a tie with a stickpin. He has a full, waxed mustache, is balding and his hair is combed back and parted on the side.

Notable Moustaches of the West

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