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...wigs. The editors of Life contrived a more childish and practical solution. A page of four photographs called "Whiskerreotypes" in the current issue shows Senator Borah in a Chick Sale goatee. Vice President Garner in a facial fringe that makes him look like President Grant, Postmaster Farley in the handlebar mustachio of an oldtime bar keeper, and New York's onetime Mayor O'Brien in a shovel beard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Wigs & Whiskers | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

...John Gellatly went to court in Manhattan. She was being sued for $660 in back rent. Her estranged husband, a 78-year-old dandy in a blue jacket, flowing red tie and handlebar mustaches, was also present. He is the John Gellatly from whom in 1929 Congress accepted a $4,000,000 art collection-Whistler, La Farge, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, George Inness, John Noble, J. Alden Weir, a fine collection of porcelains and 16th Century jewelry-for the Smithsonian Institution's National Gallery. He used to keep his collection,in a private gallery in Manhattan's arty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 14, 1931 | 9/14/1931 | See Source »

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