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Notable Moustaches of the West

by Hannah Parris on November 24, 2014

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.

Studio bust portrait of Clark Hammond Rice, possibly during his senior year at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Rice's short hair is parted on the side and his bangs are styled in an upward wave. He has a handlebar moustache and he wears a morning coat with a silk tie and a shirt with an upright collar.

Studio portrait of Andrew Sandberg, a miner in Alice (AKA Silver City, Yorktown, Clear Creek County), Colorado. His hair is combed back, he has a cowlick and a heavy mustache. He wears a dark jacket, and a shirt with an upstanding collar and a silk bow tie.

Studio portrait of Fred Sprenger, a railroad employee in Denver (and possibly before that Georgetown, Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a shirt with an upstanding collar. He has a full, waxed mustache and his hair is combed up in a cowlick and parted on the side.

Studio portrait of Pawnee Bill (Gordon W. Lillie), with a moustache, long hair, and a cowboy hat.

Studio portrait of Andrew W. Sylvester, a saloon keeper, miner and resident of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a dark wool jacket, a shirt with an upstanding, wing collar and a striped tie with a stick pin. He is balding, his hair is parted and combed into a cowlick, and he has a walrus mustache.

Studio portrait of probably Frederick Douglass, Jr., writer, abolitionist, activist and son of abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. He wears a celluloid collar, tie, vest and jacket. His hair is parted to the side. He has a Van Dyke beard and mustache.

Portrait of Rodolpho "Corky" Gonzales, political activist and founder of the Crusade for Justice. Mr. Gonzales has a moustache and curly hair, and he rests his chin on his hand.

Portrait of August Von Rissling seated in a wooden chair in Leadville, Colorado. Possibly taken outside on dirt with a drop painted with a balustrade. Von Rissling wears chaps with fringe, a sack jacket and vest and a hat tilted on his head. His hair hangs out from under the brim of his hat and he wears a mustache.

Studio portrait of G. G. Russell of Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. He wears a suit, bow tie and has a mustache.

Studio portrait of a man with a waxed handlebar moustache, bow tie, and boutonniere.

Studio portrait of possibly Charles L. Hoon, manager of the light plant in Georgetown, Colorado. He has a full, waxed mustache and wears his hair combed back, parted in the middle and wavy on the sides. He wear a jacket and tie.

Studio portrait of George W. Teagarden, a mine foreman in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a dark jacket and a bow tie. His hair is receding and combed back ,and he has a large, bushy, waxed mustache.

Portrait of Dr. John Elsner. He has a moustache and wears a shirt with a starched collar, probably a silk band bow tie, a double breasted jacket with probably satin lapels, pin-striped slacks, and leather boots with covered laces. Dr. Elsner sits on fur pelts on a carved wooden armchair with floral upholstery. Fur pelts on the ground include a coyote or fox pelt.

Studio portrait of Charles A. Martini, probably a resident of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a plaid coat with wide lapels a vest and a bow tie. He is balding and his dark hair is parted and curly on the side. He has a full, waxed mustache.

In This portrait of the miner nicknamed "Howling Hyena", taken in Leadville, Colorado, he wears a coat with short collar lapels and a cravat with a stiff collar. His hair is thick and neatly combed and he has a long mustache with a small chinwisker below his lower lip.

Studio portrait of a man with a bow tie, Autolycus style moustache and beard patch, and thin hair.

Studio portrait of Hugh McCabe, a resident of Georgetown Colorado, he later attended the Deaf, Mute, and Blind Institute in Colorado Springs. He is blind, wears a dark jacket, a shirt with a round, upright collar and a white bow tie. His dark, thinning hair is parted on the side and he has a dark, full, waxed mustache.

Photo of John Gilfillan

Studio portrait of possibly Charles Moore, a railroad employee (stationing engineer) and resident of Black hawk, Colorado. He poses in front of a painted backdrop. He wears a dark suit and vest and a bow tie. His dark hair is parted on the side and he has a long, bushy mustache.

H.H. Lake poses for a portrait in a suit with a polka-dotted tie, possibly at his home in Central City, Colorado, where he worked at the First National Bank for 47 years. He wears small glasses and has a large moustache. A fern stands on the table in the background. Several pictures hang on the wall behind him. Lake holds his hands folded in his lap.

Studio portrait of Charles H. Wade, a merchant in Georgetown, Colorado. He his hair parted with a cowlick and has a full, waxed mustache. He wears a tweed jacket, a shirt with an upstanding collar and a white bow tie.

Studio portrait of Hammer. He has a moustache and wears a coat, scarf tie, and wide-brimmed hat.

Standing studio portrait of an unidentified miner, Colorado. He wears boots, pants, coat, and hat. He sports a bushy mustache and shoulder length hair.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Edgar L. Miller, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a wool sack coat and collared vest with a bow tie; his hair is parted and neatly combed with rolled ends on his large mustache and beard.

Studio, bust portrait of a man, a boy and a girl. Horace Swartley Poley has a moustache and wears a shirt with a starched, straight collar, and sits between his son and daughter. Frank Ferguson Poley wears a shirt with probably a rounded lace collar. Elizabeth Poley Schrader has bangs and wears a shirt with a ruffled, lace collar and a beaded necklace with a heart shaped charm or locket.

Studio portrait of D. I. Ezekiel, a resident of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The man wears a wool sack jacket, a shirt with an upstanding collar and a bow tie. He has gray hair and a full, gray, mustache.

Studio bust portrait of Edwin Stebbins Kassler, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kassler's hair is parted in the middle and he has a moustache. He wears a morning coat, a cravat with a tie pin made to look like an insect, and a shirt with an upright collar.

Studio portrait of a man identified as D. Noyer, a resident of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a wool sack style jacket, matching vest, a shirt with an upstanding collar and a silk necktie. He wears his hair combed back and has a full mustache.

Albert Walters, first Warden at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in a double breasted coat, bow tie, and conductor's cap reading: "Cellhouse." He has a "walrus" moustache.

Portrait of John H. (Doc) Holliday. He wears a coat and bow tie. He has a moustache and parted hair with a cowlick.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Ed Creighton, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a tweed wool sack coat with narrow lapels with top button fastened and a cravat. He has short combed hair and a heavy mustache.

Benjamin J. Hodges, a Mexican Black man, poses in an outfit including cowboy hat and moustache.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Jim Boughton with cropped hair parted on the side and a bushy, handlebar moustache, Aspen, Colorado; dressed in a buttoned, tweed suit jacket with a high-collared shirt, and a print tie.

Studio portrait of Edward C. Parmlee, postmaster and resident of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a striped, wool, sack coat buttoned at the top, a shirt with an upright, wing collar and a bow tie. His dark, curly hair is parted on the side and he has a full mustache and bushy sideburns.

Studio portrait of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill); he wears a coat and tie with a stick pin, a cowboy hat, and has a goatee and moustache.

Studio portrait of Cameron. He has a moustache and wears a suit, tie, and wide-brimmed hat.

Portrait of an unidentified man with a moustache, tie, and boutonniere.

Studio portrait of Frank A. Franklin, a traveling salesman for a paper company in Denver, he probably visited Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a tuxedo with wide lapels, a shirt front and white bow tie. He has his hair parted in the middle and has a mustache.

Men and a woman stand in front of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado; costume includes a satin dress, a shawl and flowers, suits, string ties, and top hats. The man in the center wears a false moustache. In the background, a man leans against the doorway of the Teller House and a Mountain States Telephone sign is on the exterior wall of the hotel.

Portrait of semi-bald man with a "walrus" moustache, wearing a jacket and overcoat with wide lapels. His bow tie is adorned with a star- shaped pin.

Studio portrait of Frank Graham, probably a boarding house keeper in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a matching striped vest and coat with wide lapels, a checkered shirt, and a patterned, silk tie secured with a stick pin. His dark hair is receding and parted on the side and he has wide sideburns that connect to a thick mustache (burnside).

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