MOVEMBER: The best moustaches from the Archives and Collections

In celebration of this past month’s Movember campaign, we thought we’d showcase some of the best moustaches from the Archives and Collections here at Glasgow School of Art. Take a look at some of these beauties:

Fra Newbery and wife Jessie Newbery in costume, late 19th-early 20th century
Fra Newbery, Director of Glasgow School of Art 1885-1916, and wife Jessie Newbery in costume, late 19th-early 20th century
GSAA/EPH/10/100 Poster for GSA production of The Noble Spaniard by By W Somerset Maugham, Mar 1964
GSAA/EPH/10/100 Poster for GSA production of The Noble Spaniard by By W Somerset Maugham, Mar 1964
Portrait of Herbert McNair, late 19th-early 20th century
Portrait of Herbert McNair, late 19th-early 20th century

 

 DB/87, Photograph of Dennistoun Rounders Club, by Duncan Brown, mid-late 19th century
DB/87, Photograph of Dennistoun Rounders Club, by Duncan Brown, mid-late 19th century
Detail from GSAA/P/1/1022, P W Davidson, c1920s
Detail from GSAA/P/1/1022, P W Davidson, c1920s
DC_073_17, Christmas card design by Gordon Huntly, c1950s
DC/073/17, Christmas card design by Gordon Huntly, c1950s

And how could we not include the best moustache of them all, the one belonging to our very own Mr Mackintosh?

Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Image credit: T & R Annan & Son
Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Image credit: T & R Annan & Son