Tag: prison
Inspired by the Archives! Top Ten Tips for Writers
This post was written by Laura Brandt and originally appeared on the Facebook page of the Foundation for the National Archives. Flexing your literary muscles this month but facing writers’ block? Don’t forget that the National Archives has a wealth of information to enhance your tale, whether you are writing a historical novel or are [...]
Posted by Hilary on November 8, 2011, under Letters in the National Archives, Myth or History, petitions, Social Media Guides.
Tags: gunfight, inspiration, intrigue, NaNoWriMo, novel, oleo gang, pigeon, prison, research, romance, wallet, White House Photographer, Wild West, WWI, Yeti
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Facial Hair Friday: Prisons, Potatoes, Pipe Cleaners
You may have seen some of these beards and mustaches before! The mug shots of prisoners at Leavenworth Penitentiary have been featured here and here. But the images above take facial hair to a whole new level! Staff at the National Archives at Kansas City got together and created Potatriot dioramas (inspired by this post). [...]
Posted by Hilary on July 29, 2011, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: beard, facial hair, handlebar, Kansas City, Leavenworth, National Archives at Kansas City, Potatriots, prison, staff, stubble
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Facial Hair Friday: Daring escapes from Nazi prisons!
In honor of Bastille Day earlier this week, we present a French “moustache.” This moustache decorates the face of General Giraud, here seen out walking in the gardens of the cliffside fortress Konigstein, where he was held as a POW by the Germans. He was captured in May of 1940 and escaped two years later. [...]
Posted by Hilary on July 16, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: escape, General Giraud, Konigstein, moustache, mustache, POW, prison, World War II
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