The Gallery of Facial Hair

Aaron Conrad Kepler, A. C. to his acquaintances, sports some impressive mutton chop sideburns in this August 1883 photograph.

An unidentified minister with well-maintained yet bushy whiskers and mustache.

This unidentified man was going for - and by all accounts, achieving - "The Yosemite Sam Look."

This young man, possibly John C. Willson, sports budding sideburns and a mustache.

George B. Willson’s mustache and beard, seen here in the 1870s, may have made eating a little bit difficult.

With his beard nearly to his knees, Gideon Smith of Silver Spring in West Hempfield Township surely could have taken home the prize for Lancaster County’s longest beard. Ever.

Thick, wavy hair and a thick, wavy mustache.

A long, pointy beard and nearly as long, pointy mustache nearly obscures the face of this man, possibly identified as Dwight L. Moody, in this c. 1890 photograph.

In this December 1874 photograph, James F. Downey sports the beginnings of a walrus mustache.

Howard Townsend of Sadsbury Township attempts to achieve the widest mustache in Lancaster County.

The solid sideburns and mustache on this man were photographed by William Gill.

A goatee and mustache are modeled by this unidentified gentleman.

This unidentified Civil War era gentleman sports a rather bushy goatee and mustache.

This classic waxed mustache is so well-kept it almost looks fake!