Great Mustaches of the LOC
Posted by zyrcster in Across The Commons, ArticlesYa gotta love folksonomic tagging! While looking through recent uploads to the Library of Congress, I came upon the tag “great mustaches of the LOC“. We’d love to hear the story behind this meme. The New York Times even picked up on this one.
| This club includes the famous dandies … | ![]() Kaiser Wilhelm |
| and everything from somewhat psychedelic images … | ![]() H.C. Ide |
| to stately long handlebars … | ![]() Dr. Francisco Bertrand – Pres. of Honduras |
| and from baby-fuzz ones … | ![]() Prince Ernest of Cumberland |
| to unkempt ones … | ![]() Dr. R. Robinson |
| and even a most Nietzschean mustache. | ![]() Henry Vivian |
Tags: Bain News Service, folksonomy, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, tagging







March 23rd, 2009 at 2:43 pm
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