Facial Hair

[FedoraFan112390]

Hey

Was wondering if someone could post some Golden Era (1930s-1940s) actual photos of facial hair rarities, as in pictures taken during the golden of men with:

1) Goatees
2) Full mustaches (as far as I'm aware only pencil mustaches were popular in the mainstream in the Golden era)
3) Full beards

 

[Rathko]

Stalin, Soviet General Secretary

Trotsky, Soviet politician

Einstein, physicist

Arthur Ransom, writer

Neville Chamberlain, British politician

 

[HadleyH]

Orson Welles with goatee 1939.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Monty Woolley -- the most famous beard on Broadway

District Attorney/Governor Thomas E. Dewey -- the most famous moustache in New York. (No relation to Moe Pep.)

Frenchy Bordagaray, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1936. The last major league ballplayer to wear facial hair until 1972.

George Bernard Shaw, 1934 -- the most famous whiskers in the world.

And of course, how could we forget --

Radio's greatest moustache, Jerry Colonna.

 

[LocktownDog]

District Attorney/Governor Thomas E. Dewey -- the most famous moustache in New York. (No relation to Moe Pep.)

I almost spilled my coffee because of this, Lizzie! lol lol lol

 

[D Yizz]

Puerto Rico's first elected Governor, Luis Munoz-Marin, circa 1949:

Edit: Why cant I post the pic directly?

 

[DanielJones]

Lest we forget:

Albert Schweitzer

Salvador Dali

David Niven

Ernest Hemingway

Cheers!

Dan

 

[FedoraFan112390]

Harry Truman's vacation goatee

Thought this was somewhat interesting: On vacation in Key West in late 1948, President Truman briefly grew a goatee and considered keeping it. Thought that was interesting since the late 1940s isn't normally associated with goatees:
http://books.google.com/books?id=W0oEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[YETI]

He should've kept the goatee. It would have looked cool with his attire. He was a snappy dresser. I believe he owned a haberdashery once.

 

[FedoraFan112390]

He should've kept the goatee. It would have looked cool with his attire. He was a snappy dresser. I believe he owned a haberdashery once.

He did indeed. And he was probably one of the biggest hat fans we ever had in the White house. He had a hat for literally EVERY occasion and was very rarely seen without a hat of some kind--Whether it be a homburg, his favorite fedora, a panama hat, a flatcap in the summer, etc. And he still wore them into old age, when they weren't as popular. I read once that when summoned to the White House--when he was to be given news of FDR's death (he didn't know it yet)--he first made a detour to his office to grab his fedora. That's how important hats were to Truman.

He also revived the Top Hat for his Inaugural in 1949, and was ENRAGED--Literally, enraged--when Eisenhower tossed aside the traditional Top Hat for a Homburg for his inaugurations in 1953 and 1957, and grudgingly wore a homburg so as not to look out of place. He took the whole thing personally. He felt that formality and tradition should be obeyed.

And yes, besides hats, Truman was indeed a snappy dresser for his era:

On vacation in Key West, late 1940s.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Another famous goatee'er: http://ladailymirror.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/col_sanders_1976.jpg?w=554&h=695


... and with a hat too: http://www.frontierenterprises.net/vintage/images/Col Sanders.JPG


An inspiration to youth everywhere: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv2Dv-LiiDA/SQpGwY52IoI/AAAAAAAAAKk/VTDp1B9rtmM/s320/ColSanders-2-sm.jpg


... and to the young at heart: http://kylekoster.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/colonelsanders.jpg

 

[YETI]

Nice pic of Truman sporting an aloha shirt. I believe he was ridiculed for wearing those. But it was the"Bold Look" era.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Nice pic of Truman sporting an aloha shirt. I believe he was ridiculed for wearing those. But it was the"Bold Look" era.

And his piano was pilloried for wearing Lauren Bacall: http://www.shmoop.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/10-fine-tuned.jpg


But I forgive that piano: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ezaUKpkJ4...gLBjCZU7Nw/s1600/HarryTrumanLaurenBacall2.jpg

 

[YETI]

Man, Marc be me to the Ole Colonel. You forgot to mention Dizzy Gillespie.

 

[YETI]

Where do you find these pics?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Where do you find these pics?

http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

 

[dhermann1]

I just picked up a copy of David McCullough's bio of Truman. It's called "Truman". Lots of good pics of him dressed very snappily. There's a great shot of him with a very spiffy double breasted off white linen suit and some snazzy spectators.

 

[bil_maxx]

And his piano was pilloried for wearing Lauren Bacall: http://www.shmoop.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/10-fine-tuned.jpg


But I forgive that piano: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ezaUKpkJ4...gLBjCZU7Nw/s1600/HarryTrumanLaurenBacall2.jpg

I wish my piano had the good sense to dress that well, haha.

As an aside, I was reading a book about the secret service and some of Truman's original agents stated that not only was he a snappy dresser and gentleman in the public eye, he was both in private as well and treated everyone, including his security detail, very well. A true gentleman indeed.

 

[Tomasso]

he was probably one of the biggest hat fans we ever had in the White house. He had a hat for literally EVERY occasion

He would often don his favorite pith helmet when on holiday at the Little White House in Key West.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Well Harry did run a Haberdashery in his early career.

Harry S. Truman early business career