Tag: Facial Hair Fridays
Facial Hair Friday: Boldly going where no beard has gone before
In the Facial Hair Friday spotlight today is a man with a truly impressive set of whiskers. Norton P. Chipman also has a fascinating story to go behind that beard. Chipman was born in 1834 in Ohio, later lived in Iowa, and joined the Union Army after finishing law school. He didn’t spend the entire [...]
Posted by Mary on July 2, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: Andersonville, beard, civil war, Facial Hair Fridays, famous veterans, national archives, Norton Chipman, Record Group 111, William Shatner
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Facial Hair Friday: Tribute to Mathew Brady
With his goatee and mustache, photographer Mathew Brady himself is an excellent addition to Facial Hair Fridays. In fact, he is the reason we have so many follicle follies to celebrate. There are 6,066 photographs by Brady and his associates in the National Archives collections. Many of the images we’ve looked at and been inspired [...]
Posted by Hilary on June 18, 2010, under - Civil War, Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: abraham lincoln, civil war, Civil War photography, Clara Barton, Facial Hair Fridays, Jefferson Davis, Mathew Brady, Record Group 111, walt whitman
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Facial Hair Friday
The Civil War was a fine time for facial hair (and I would assume now is still a fine time for the facial hair of historic reenactors). On Fridays, we’ll be posting images of the finest, most dapper facial hair the National Archives has in its holdings, from the Civil War to Gilded Age Presidents. [...]
Posted by Hilary on May 21, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: civil war, Facial Hair Fridays
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