What Your Grandfather Got Up To

I came across a series of photographs (real photograph postcards really) in a junk shop some years ago featuring a troupe of men dressed up in various costumes.  Obviously a music group, a glee club type thing.  In most of the photographs, there is one guy in some costume, such as a rustic farmer, surrounded by a number of other guys dressed in female costumes, such as the Dutch dairy maids below:

I love the costumes, of course, but I love most of all the serious, steady faces of the men.  Big moustaches, heavy eyebrows framed by pretty confections of caps.  Go grandad.

I think we don't dress up enough nowadays.

From my private collection.

Comments

[Stevie]

I love the contrast between the downward droop of his handsome mo' and the kicky wings of his little dutch girl hat.

I agree. There needs to be more dressing up, I say. Today, I am appearing as Mamie Van Doren..