Tag: facial hair friday
You can grow a mustache, but you can never leave
Did you catch Mugged! Facing Life at Leavenworth at the National Archives at Kansas City this summer? The exhibit may be closed now, but you can learn more about the prison, its inmates, and its records in this new article from Prologue. And it’s not too late to see some more mug shots from the exhibits. Check [...]
Posted by Hilary on August 13, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: american history, facial hair friday, first Federal penitentiary, Mugged! Facing Life at Leavenworth, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, National Archives at Kansas City, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, weird US history
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Facial Hair Friday: A bushy beard, a murder, and a missing arm
Today’s Facial Hair Friday is not a case of mistaken identity. Jefferson Davis was arrested for murder. But this Jefferson Davis was not the president of the Confederate States. This one was a Union officer, with nearly the same name. Jefferson Columbus Davis was a brigadier general in the Union Army when he shot and [...]
Posted by Hilary on July 9, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: beards, civil war, facial hair friday, Jefferson C. Davis, Jefferson Davis, missing arm, murder, William Nelson
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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?
Posted by Hilary on June 25, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: civil war, Colonel, facial hair friday, Howe, NARA, national archives
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