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). … Continue reading Facial Hair Friday: Prisons, Potatoes, Pipe Cleaners
Category: Facial Hair Fridays
The amount of mustaches, beards, chops, side burns, soul patches, and even the occasional neck beard at the National Archives requires its own category. This is it.
Facial Hair Friday: Amnesty for this beard, 100 years later
This week saw the 150th anniversary of the first Battle of Manassas, with hundreds of reenactors and spectators ignoring the extreme heat and coming to the Virginia battlefield. There was another, stranger Civil War anniversary today. On July 22, 1975, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in voting to restore full American citizenship to … Continue reading Facial Hair Friday: Amnesty for this beard, 100 years later
Facial Hair Friday: No ice cream for old men
Did you know that in 1984, President Reagan declared July 15 as "National Ice Cream Day" and July to be the official "National Ice Cream Month"? In his proclamation, the President declared that "Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food, enjoyed by over ninety percent of the people in the United States." Ice-cream-on-a-stick production took … Continue reading Facial Hair Friday: No ice cream for old men
Facial Hair Friday: Make a date with Uncle Sam
Perhaps the most famous goatee in all of America belongs to Uncle Sam, the white-haired patriot who appeared in political cartoons in the late 1890s, on recruitment posters in both World Wars, and continues to appear on all kinds of products today. And while facial hair fashions have changed drastically through the years since the … Continue reading Facial Hair Friday: Make a date with Uncle Sam
Facial Hair Friday: Vive le Goatee!
In 1885, the French ship Isere arrived in New York City. On board the ship were the pieces of an enormous woman, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States in recognition of many decades of friendship. These pieces (paid for by the French) were reassembled over four months on an … Continue reading Facial Hair Friday: Vive le Goatee!
When life gives you lemons, grow a beard
Today's picture is featured in our new exhibit "What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?" which opens today! I am guessing it was not a hot day in Chinese Turkestan when this picture was taken, since today's featured man is sporting a full beard, a high furry hat, a fur-lined coat, and boots. Did I mention it's nearly … Continue reading When life gives you lemons, grow a beard
What a beard! What a name!
If this Friday's facial hair star lived in present times, he would be so very easy to Google. Yes, "Bezaleel Armstrong" would be pretty easy to find on Facebook and the Internet. In fact, even now a quick name-check in the Google search box pulls up plenty of hits on his unique name. He would also be pretty … Continue reading What a beard! What a name!
Facial Hair Friday: Our very own beard!
If you visited the National Archives in Washington, DC, last year and waited in line on the Constitution Avenue side of the building on your way to see our Charters of Freedom, you may have seen a red cart with a big red umbrella and a sign that says "Ask the Question." And now, you … Continue reading Facial Hair Friday: Our very own beard!
Friday Facial Hair: It’s Date Night!
Earlier today, I was searching for images with "bicycles" to create a Facebook album after being inspired by the commuters of DC, who took to the streets on their bikes to celebrate DC Bike to Work Day. I was thrilled to see this image, which is not only a fine example of a nineteenth-century velocipede, … Continue reading Friday Facial Hair: It’s Date Night!
It’s a bird, it’s a beard, it’s Audubon!
If you are planning to attend our event next week on crowdsourcing, you will hear a presentation by Jessica Zelt from the U.S. Geological Survey’s North American Bird Phenology Program. My colleague here in the office was editing the text for this event. She thought her husband, an avid bird watcher, might be interested in the … Continue reading It’s a bird, it’s a beard, it’s Audubon!