Tag: photograph
Facial Hair Friday: Vagabond Goatee
It gets harder to find worthy examples of bearded and mustachioed Americans in our holdings after the first decades of the 20th century, when facial hair went out of fashion. Fortunately for us, we can look into a decade known for groovy facial hair: the 1970s. This is one of our most popular images, though [...]
Posted by Hilary on June 1, 2012, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: Bliss, Charles O'Rear, documerica, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, facial hair, facial hair friday, goatee, O'Rear, photograph, puppy
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Facial Hair Friday: Elvis has NOT left the building
Are these the most famous sideburns in music history? They might be the most famous sideburns in the National Archives. If you are a fan of Elvis, you’ve seen the photograph: Nixon and Elvis shaking hands in the White House. This is the most-requested image in our holdings. The quirky story behind the meeting of the King [...]
Posted by Hilary on December 30, 2011, under Facial Hair Fridays, Letters in the National Archives, Myth or History.
Tags: 1958, army, Basic Training, draft, Eisenhower Library, Elvis, Elvis Presley, letters, military file, montana, Nixon, nprc, photograph, Presley, rock and roll, sideburns, US Army, White House
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Thursday Photo Caption Contest
Congratulations to Jenny, who has won 15% off in our eStore! Out of 25 entries, your caption sounded right to guest judge and Supervisory Motion Picture Preservation Specialist Christina Kovac and her fellow staff in the Audio/Video Preservation Lab. If you listen carefully to this photograph, you may still hear National Archives employees J. W. [...]
Posted by Hilary on May 19, 2011, under Photo Caption Contest.
Tags: Audio/Video Preservation Lab, Christina Kovac, J. W. Roberts, Memovox, Miss J. Cobb, Mrs. E. B. Haas, mysterious object, Photo Caption Contest, photograph
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