Historical Indulgences

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a young gentleman in a top hat smoking an elaborate pipe], T.A. Brown

via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

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   TOPHATS EVERYWHERE WOOOO!

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    Sometimes I like to look to...the old school for inspiration. That jacket is sweet,...

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    That indeed is a brilliant cigar holder, I would smoke just for that.

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