Hair of the Presidents

Hair of the Presidents, Washington, D.C., 1855

Description: John Varden began to collect these locks of hair in 1850. At the time, he was working as keeper of collections for the National Institute for ...

Presidential Hair

The presidential hair album is one of 12 volumes of hair collected and compiled by a Philadelphia lawyer named Peter Arrell Browne (1762–1860).

Hair of the Presidents, Washington, D.C., 1855

Keeping locks of a deceased person's hair as a precious memento was a common practice in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The strands of hair were o ...

Presidents United States POTUS Hair Strands Lock Rare ... - eBay

This is an 8x10 photo that includes authentic hair strands from six US presidents. Hair strands were obtained from several sources.

Presidential Looks: A Hair History of the USA - Ogle School

From powdered wigs to rugged beards and clean-shaven cuts, presidential hairstyles have come a long way since 1776. Where will the trend go ...

Comb Through This Framed Collection of Presidential Hair

The Smithsonian keeps a most unusual artifact of hair clipped straight from the heads of presidents.

Presidential Hair Creates a Buzz - The Academy of Natural Sciences

Some of our historic hair from the presidents has been put on display again, this time in the exhibit Presidential Archives: Letters, Hair, and Fossils.

9 Presidents with Style Well Beyond the Call of Duty

A look at the fashions of the oval office. · 9. George Washington · 8. John F. Kennedy · 7. William Howard Taft · 6. Franklin Pierce · 5. Abraham Lincoln · 4. James K ...

Theodore Pappas — Combing Through the White House: Hair and ...

Abraham Lincoln's famously ridiculed appearance and the surprising role hair played in both his presidency and assassination; John F. Kennedy's ...

The Google Executive Who Collects Presidential Hair

John Reznikoff, an auctioneer and authenticator who, according to the Guiness Book of World Records, owns the world's largest collection of presidential hair.

A 1855 display that features the hair of presidents from George ...

A 1855 display that features the hair of presidents from George Washington to Franklin Pierce. Now on display at the National Museum of American ...

Hair and the American Presidency - Unsung History

In March 1778, while he was camped at Valley Forge, Commander in Chief George Washington sent a lock of his hair to the daughter of the New ...

Presidential Looks of Leadership | Weldon Barber

Short and Neat: Presidential haircuts typically feature short and well-groomed hair. This style conveys a sense of orderliness and ...

Lock of George Washington's hair among historic presidential items ...

The graying hair has been preserved in a locket that was given to a family friend of the Washingtons and passed down the generations.

presidents-hair - The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel ...

14 is talk and exhibit opening. PHILADELPHIA, October 25, 2018. Americans have been curious about presidential hair since long before the combover became a ...

Presidents of The United States With Long Hair - The Longhairs

It can be easy to get swept up in presidential politics, but if there is one thing we can all agree on—it's great hair.

Smithsonian - Facebook

John Varden, a 19th-century collector who eventually became a Smithsonian curator, put this display together in 1855 when hair keepsakes were considered less ...

Hair as Historic Artifact | George Washington's Mount Vernon

In Mount Vernon's collection, more than 50 examples of George Washington's hair are preserved inside frames, paper, and jewelry.

List of presidents of the United States with facial hair - Wikipedia

Between 1861 and 1913, all but two presidents (Andrew Johnson and William McKinley) wore either beards or mustaches during their tenure in office.

Our Obsession With President's Hair, From Washington to Trump

After then President Abraham Lincoln was shot, surgeons saved clippings of his hair as keepsakes. Photograph from Archive Photos, Getty Images.