Tag: walt whitman
Facial Hair Friday: Sounding the bearded YAWP
Walt Whitman, ca. 1860-ca. 1865 (111-B-2245). Song of My Beard (with apologies to the original Whitman poem!) 1. I celebrate my beard, and sing my beard, And what I grow you shall grow For every follicle belonging to me as good as belongs to you. I loafe and stroke my beard I lean and stroke [...]
Posted by Hilary on July 30, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: beards, Prologue Summer 2010, Robert Roper, Song of Myself, walt whitman
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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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What should I read next?
Boy reading a magazine at the Manzanar Relocation Center (538076) Four times a year in Prologue magazine, we feature an interview with an author who has written a book that draws on the holdings of the National Archives. So, far I have learned about the naval aspect of the Civil War and the unexpected connection [...]
Posted by Hilary on June 15, 2010, under Authors on the Record.
Tags: Authors on the Record, civil war, fort wool, history authors, national archives, Prologue magazine, recommended books, recommended history reading, walt whitman
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