Handsome Devils, or, Whiskers and the Men Who Wore Them
Nick
As we on the CLIR survey team have discovered in the hundreds of photographs we have encountered since beginning our work last April, the gentlemen and ladies who strolled the streets of 19th-century Brooklyn took great care to stay up on the hottest fashions of the day. For the gents, this often involved the sporting of some truly impressive and daring facial hair styles. I thought I might take this opportunity to share but a modest sampling of the mustaches, beards, and sideburns that have evoked our admiration and/or bewilderment. Let these photographs be a testament to the hidden power waiting to be unleashed on the faces of 21st-century Brooklynites who dare to call themselves gentlemen...
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