I found this amusing graffiti in a vintage textbook from the late 1800s. I think that they reveal more creativity and humor than just drawing on a mustache and beard. I suppose that would have been redundant with the abundance of facial hair during this time period. I like the silly little hats.
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!! I just peeked at livejournal for the first time in ages, saw your post, and followed the link to this amazingly hilarious and wonderful entry! I am utterly thrilled to see this kind of “graffiti” in the old books I collect too. I have to say this tops all of the examples I’ve ever found! I love Sir Walter Scott’s deluxe pipe…haha.
These are wonderful. You find such treasures.
That deluxe pipe is hilarious. The women had teeny tiny pipes. These are the most amusing book pages I’ve found so far except for a quite politically incorrect, completely absurd, and possibly offensive collage in a Victorian scrapbook.