Facial Hair Friday: Howe you doin’?
It’s Friday, and it’s time for facial hair! But it’s not entirely clear if Col. Howe qualifies, as his “beard” seems to extend upwards from his neck, skipping his chin entirely. What do you think?

Col. Marshall Howe (ARC 528821)
Posted by Hilary on June 25, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: civil war, Colonel, facial hair friday, Howe, NARA, national archives
Comments: 4
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Comment from Carl R
Time June 29, 2010 at 9:10 am
Be nice – it was cold and that sweater was a present from his mum!
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Time July 2, 2010 at 9:16 am
[...] Friday” at Prologue—one of the National Archives’ blogs. I was particularly impressed with this neard (neck beard). And speaking of beards, we’ve got some pretty good ones on the Smithsonian’s Flickr [...]
Comment from Bill Schroeder
Time November 26, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I’m so tempted to save that to my desktop and start photoshopping his hair tufts coming out from the ends of his sleeves. Doesn’t he just look like that would fit in with his neard?
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Comment from Darlene McClurkin
Time June 25, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Seems as if “neck beards,” “neards”, or whatever you call them, have been around for quite a while!
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