A 1914 photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann purports to show Hitler with a smaller moustache, but was probably doctored to serve as Nazi propaganda. Alexander Moritz Frey, who served with Hitler during the First World War, claimed that Hitler wore the toothbrush style in the trenches after he was ordered to trim his moustache to facilitate the wearing of a gas mask. There is no agreement as to what year Hitler first adopted the toothbrush. Hitler originally wore the Kaiser moustache, as evidenced by photographs of him as a soldier during World WarВ I. Koeppen was described as 'Six-feet in height, slim, and athletic, with a toothbrush mustache characteristic of his class, he looks the ideal type of the young Prussian guardsman.' By the end of World WarВ I, even some of the German royals were sporting the toothbrush Crown Prince Wilhelm can be seen with a toothbrush moustache in a 1918 photograph that shows him about to be sent into exile.

The toothbrush was taken up by German automobile racer and folk hero Hans Koeppen in the famous 1908 New York to Paris Race, cementing its popularity among young gentry. By 1907, enough Germans were wearing the toothbrush moustache to elicit notice by The New York Times under the headline ''TOOTHBRUSH' MUSTACHE German Women Resent Its Usurpation of the 'Kaiserbart''. Prior to the toothbrush, the most popular style was called the 'Kaiser moustache', perfumed and turned up at the ends, as worn by German emperor WilhelmВ II. The style was introduced in Germany in the late 19th century by visiting Americans. In Germany ДЄdolf Hitler in 1937 his appearance was so defined by the toothbrush moustache that it became unfashionable after World WarВ II. Although Groucho Marx donned a larger moustache, novelty Groucho glasses (marketed as early as the 1940s) often elicit the toothbrush. Д¬omedian Oliver Hardy also adopted the moustache style-using it at least as early as the 1921 film The Lucky Dog. Chaplin took advantage of the noted similarity between his onscreen appearance and that of Hitler, such as in his 1940 film The Great Dictator, where he wore the moustache in a dual role, one of which parodied Hitler. Adolf Hitler was a fan of Chaplin films, but according to cultural historian Ron Rosenbaum, 'there is no evidence (though some speculation) that Hitler modeled his 'stache on '. In a 1933 interview, Chaplin said he added the moustache to his costume because it had a comical appearance and was small enough so as not to hide his expression. Д¬harlie Chaplin was one of the most famous wearers of the toothbrush moustache, first adopting it in 1914 after his first film, 'Making a Living', for his Mack Sennett silent comedies. It was a neat, uniform, low-maintenance style that echoed the standardization and uniformity brought on by industrialization, in contrast to the more flamboyant moustaches typical of the 19th century such as the imperial, walrus, handlebar, horseshoe, and pencil moustaches. The style originally became popular in the late 19th century, in the United States.

19th century to World War II In the United States

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